Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

Date Published
OCT 03, 2014
NHTSA TSB #
10098868
TSB Document
Summary
WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH OR BUMPY ROADS, SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND/OR A CREAK NOISE FROM THE A-PILLAR.RATTLE NOISE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL:THE RATTLE NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY LOW COWL PANEL (A) MOUNTING BOLT (B) TORQUE. CREAK NOISE FROM A-PILLAR:THIS NOISE MAY BE CAUSED BY TWO JOINED PANELS (A) SCRAPING TOGETHER AT THE A-PILLAR. THE PANEL WELD AREAS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED DURING THE MASS-PRODUCTION OF VEHICLES WITH VINS JM3KE******128359 (PRODUCED JUNE 1, 2012) OR HIGHER.