{"nhtsa_id":10147285,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2015-09-01","document_id":"M330115","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Noises from the Rear Axle Shock Absorber. The customer complains about a hammering noise from the rear axle area, when driving on rough road surfaces with low ambient temperatures. This noise will disappear with warmer ambient temperature. CAUSE Rear axle shock absorbers","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147285-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147285-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10147285","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"shock-strut","name":"Shocks and struts","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mini_cooper-convertible"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"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":[]}