{"nhtsa_id":10125818,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-14","date":"2013-06-25","document_id":"V401302 2028353","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Front Suspension Creaking Noise): Front suspension creaking noise during suspension cycles (going over speed bumps or entering on an inclined surface). This is due to Coil Spring is not formed correctly and rubs against the perch of the strut.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10125818-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10125818-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10125818","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_volkswagen_passat","2012_volkswagen_passat"]}],"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":[]}