This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may...

Bulletin number

PIP5263

Component

Engine

Summary

This preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have one-time clunk or thunk noise when accelerating from a stop in drive or during a 1-2 shift in manual mode when driving at speeds of approximately 2 to 10 MPH. Technician will check for the noise to be present during a manual mode second gear launch while accelerating above approximately 2 to 10 MPH. If the noise is still present continue with service information strategy based diagnosis. If the noise cannot be duplicated during a manual mode second gear launch, please communicate to the customer that this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 9 complaints in the engine category.