{"nhtsa_id":10122542,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2014-07-09","document_id":"A421421 2021724-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 42 number 12-16 dated November 13, 2012. Loud cracking or rubbing noises are heard when the steering wheel is being turned. Steering is not affected and operates normally. This bulletin does not apply to vehicles with magnetic ride suspension (which are equipped with rubber shock absorber stop and a plastic cap on the shock).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10122542-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10122542-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122542","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-column","name":"Steering column and wheel","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A3","year_from":2006,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_audi_a3","2007_audi_a3","2008_audi_a3","2009_audi_a3","2010_audi_a3","2011_audi_a3","2012_audi_a3","2013_audi_a3"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"TT","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_audi_tt","2009_audi_tt","2010_audi_tt"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"TT ROADSTER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}