{"nhtsa_id":10093766,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-03","date":"2015-12-03","document_id":"POL15-04","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"WPB: IN CERTAIN 2006 TO 2012 MODEL YEAR RAV4 4WD VEHICLES, TOYOTA HAS RECEIVED SOME REPORTS WHERE THE VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A GROWL TYPE NOISE FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL COUPLING WHEN DRIVING AS A RESULT OF CONTAMINATION TO THE FRONT BEARING.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10093766","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"differential","name":"Differential","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TOYOTA","model":"RAV4","year_from":2006,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_toyota_rav4","2007_toyota_rav4","2008_toyota_rav4","2009_toyota_rav4","2010_toyota_rav4","2011_toyota_rav4","2012_toyota_rav4"]}],"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":[]}