{"nhtsa_id":10150355,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2012-10-01","document_id":"M510812","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Rattling Noise from the Tailgate. A rattling noise may be heard from the tailgate area when driving on rough roads. CAUSE The felt strip on the lower bump stop is either mis-shaped or missing.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10150355-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10150355-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150355","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER COUPE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_mini_cooper-coupe","2013_mini_cooper-coupe"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"JCW CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"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":[]}