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Service bulletin TSB-13-10-03

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 id10035250
Published by NHTSA2011-02-12
Manufacturer's numberTSB-13-10-03
Manufacturer's date2010-06-14
NHTSA componentSTEERING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT ON, ENGINE NOISE, STEERING SLUGGISH, BUT CONDITION DOES NOT RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. BROKEN TENSION SPRING IN BELT TENSIONER (ROLLER WITHOUT PROFILE). CHANGE TO BELT DRIVE WITH BELT TENSIONER. *PE

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

Electrical system, Engine, Steering, Alternator, Drive belts

Vehicles listed
AUDI Q72007, 2008, 2009

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
DC_Alternator2023-01-06. Service bulletin. Support for Customers Affected by Alternator Back-order