{"nhtsa_id":10146803,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2016-12-01","document_id":"M510513","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Creaking/Cracking Noise from the Upper Roof Area. A creaking noise can be heard from the rear roof area when driving on rough roads or uneven surfaces. The body shell roof support area, where the C-pillar is joined to the roof, is buckling, creating the noise.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146803-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146803-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146803","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER COUNTRYMAN","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S COUNTRYMAN","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COUNTRYMAN","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mini_countryman"]}],"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":[]}