{"nhtsa_id":10092535,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-22","date":"2016-08-23","document_id":"05-006-16-3236","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A CREAK NOISE FROM AROUND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHEN THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED QUICKLY OR THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES/DECELERATES RAPIDLY. THIS IS CAUSED BY A STICK-SLIP NOISE OCCURRING AT THE CONTACT SURFACE BETWEEN THE POWER PLANT FRAME (PPF) (A) AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. TO ELIMINATE THIS CONCERN, THE TIGHTENING TORQUE OF THE STUD BOLTS AND NUTS HAS BEEN INCREASED.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10092535","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MAZDA","model":"MX-5","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mazda_mx-5"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}