{"nhtsa_id":10249602,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-02-02","date":"2024-01-08","document_id":"03-91-23","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This bulletin announces the design change made to the front drive axle shaft assemblies to address cases of a clicking/cracking-type sound heard when driving with the steering wheel in the fully locked (left or right) position.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10249602-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-10249602-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10249602","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SUBARU","model":"FORESTER","year_from":2019,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_subaru_forester","2020_subaru_forester","2021_subaru_forester","2022_subaru_forester","2023_subaru_forester"]},{"make":"SUBARU","model":"OUTBACK","year_from":2020,"year_to":2023,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_subaru_outback","2021_subaru_outback","2022_subaru_outback","2023_subaru_outback"]}],"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":[]}