{"nhtsa_id":10147874,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2015-12-01","document_id":"B512515","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Groaning noise from A-pillar Door Stops. A groaning noise can be heard from the A-pillar area near the front door stop when one of the front doors is opened, or when the vehicle is driven on rough roads. CAUSE The bolted connection for the lower hinge at the area of the A-pillar is loose, or can flex causing a groaning noise.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147874-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147874-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10147874","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"428I","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_428i","2015_bmw_428i","2016_bmw_428i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"435I","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_435i","2015_bmw_435i","2016_bmw_435i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M4","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_m4","2016_bmw_m4"]}],"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":[]}