{"nhtsa_id":10146487,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2018-09-27","document_id":"04-23-18","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Service Information bulletin provides helpful tips to simplify the diagnosis of sound concerns originating in the electronic power steering (EPS) gearbox (steering rack) assembly. If a vehicle presents with a ?rattling?, ?knocking? or possibly a ?clanging? type sound coming from the steering rack and / or a vibration felt through the steering wheel, use the flow chart below to help make diagnosis of the concern easier.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10146487-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10146487-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146487","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_subaru_forester","2015_subaru_forester","2016_subaru_forester","2017_subaru_forester","2018_subaru_forester"]}],"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":[]}