{"nhtsa_id":10155931,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-01","date":"2013-10-01","document_id":"V401303 2028353","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Front Suspension Creaking Noise): Coil Spring are not formed correctly and rubs against the perch of the strut. The production solution to t his issue was Improved parts installed in production since CW 44/11, VIN: A31CC025567. This document discusses the \"Fault Codes\" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10155931-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10155931-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10155931","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_volkswagen_passat","2012_volkswagen_passat"]}],"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":[]}