Affected Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT

Date Published
MAR 10, 2014
NHTSA TSB #
10101649
TSB Document
Summary
"ISSUED MAY 2014: ISSUE: A NOISE WHICH CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A RUBBING/SCRAPPING/DRONE OR IN SOME CASES MAYBE REPORTED AS A VIBRATION IS FOUND TO BE EVIDENT FROM THE LEFT HAND FRONT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE CAN ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS SIMILAR TO A BRAKE RUBBING OR WHEEL BEARING NOISE AND CAN BE VARIABLE FROM VEHICLE TO VEHICLE. THE ISSUE CAN OCCUR AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS/GEARS AND IN STEADY STATE DRIVING CONDITIONS UP TO 50/60MPH (80/100KM/H), HOWEVER THE NOISE IN MOST CASES IS MORE PROMINENT IN 2 GEAR COAST DOWN PARTICULARLY AROUND 12MPH (20KM/H). TO CONFIRM, THE NOISE CAN LISTENED TO USING ‘CHASSIS EAR’ FIXED TO FRONT DIFFERENTIAL RH MOUNT ACTION: FIT FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SUPPORT BRACKET, REFER TO ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION."