TSB Document:

Affected Component: SUSPENSION

Summary
VOLKSWAGEN: FRONT SUSPENSION, KNOCKING NOISE. KNOCKING NOISE FROM VEHICLE FRONT. TYPICALLY OCCURS ONLY ONE TIME AFTER EACH DIRECTION CHANGE (FORWARD OR BACKWARD, LEFT OR RIGHT). THE SUB FRAME SHIFTS SLIGHTLY RELATIVE TO THE BODY DUE TO WAX RESIDUE IN-BETWEEN COMPONENTS. MAXIMUM ACCELERATION AND BRAKING IN VEHICLES THAT ARE DRIVEN HARD ARE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE OCCURRENCE. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL PASSAT YEAR 2011. *JS

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Date Published
JUN 27, 2012
NHTSA TSB #
10044921
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