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Service bulletin 042804

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10007130
Published by NHTSA2004-05-27
Manufacturer's number042804
Manufacturer's date2004-04-28
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

NHTSA's summary

SERVICE ACTION TO INSPECT LOWER CONTROL ARM SEALS. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension, Control arm

Vehicles listed
AUDI A41995
AUDI A41996, 1997, 1998, 1999
AUDI A61997, 1998, 1999
AUDI A81996
AUDI A81997, 1998, 1999

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
112420042005-09-12. Service bulletin. SERVICE ACTION JE CAMPAIGN-CHECK/REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. AUDI HAS FOUND THAT IN RARE CASES, ONE OR BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON AFFECTED VEHICLES CAN EXHIBIT WEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE TO THE RUBBER BOOTS IS NOT OBVIOUS. *SC
JE2005-01-29. Service bulletin. CHECK/REPLACE REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. *TC
JE2004-11-02. Service bulletin. BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS CAN EXHIBIT WEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DAMAGE TO THE RUBBER BOOTS IS NOT OBVIOUS. SERVICE ACTION CIRCULAR TO CHECK/REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. *TT