{"nhtsa_id":10154409,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-03-11","date":"2019-01-11","document_id":"04-23-18R","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This 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/2019/MC-10154409-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10154409-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10154409","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"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":[]}