{"nhtsa_id":10170686,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-01-25","date":"2012-10-09","document_id":"TSB-12-55-006","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On some vehicles customers may report a pop/click noise from the dash area when changing the HVAC mode selection (air direction) dial to different positions. This may be caused by an improperly seated HVAC vent duct clip, which is rubbed by the mode door cam as it rotates. This TSB provides a procedure to properly seat the clip to correct this condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10170686-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10170686-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10170686","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MITSUBISHI","model":"OUTLANDER SPORT","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_mitsubishi_outlander-sport"]}],"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":[]}