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Service bulletin DC-516

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 id10047899
Published by NHTSA2012-12-10
Manufacturer's numberDC-516
Manufacturer's date2012-10-10
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS: ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT AIR BAG

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, A POTENTIAL FOR COUNTERFEIT AIRBAGS WERE REPLACED, OR INSTALLED, AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS AND HAVE NOT BEEN CERTIFIED BY DEALERSHIPS OR AUDI. MODELS 2006-2009 A3, A4, A6, A8, Q5, Q7. *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

Air bags

Vehicles listed
AUDI A32006, 2007, 2008, 2009
AUDI A42006, 2007, 2008, 2009
AUDI A62006, 2007, 2008, 2009
AUDI A82006, 2007, 2008, 2009
AUDI Q52009
AUDI Q72006
AUDI Q72007, 2008, 2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20183422018-06-22. Airbag
18V4270002018-06-22. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20180592018-01-30. Airbag
18V0820002018-01-30. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20180222018-01-10. Airbag
18V0040002018-01-04. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20170262017-01-13. Airbag
17V0320002017-01-11. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
16V3820002016-06-01. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20162662016-05-27. Airbag

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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TRMDMV_CO_Audi2023-03-06. Service bulletin. In conjunction with the Colorado DMV, Audi will be sending Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 2,174 Audi owners in the State of Colorado on February 13, 2023.
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TRMDMV_PR_Audi2022-08-04. Service bulletin. In conjunction with the Georgia Department of Revenue - Motor Vehicle Division and Department of Driver Services, Audi sent Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 565 Audi owners in the State of Puerto Rico on July 25, 2022.
TRMDMV_GA_Audi2022-07-01. Service bulletin. In conjunction with the Georgia Department of Revenue - Motor Vehicle Division and Department of Driver Services, Audi sent Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 2,616 Audi owners in the State of Georgia on June 22, 2022.
TRMDMV_CA_Audi2022-06-07. Service bulletin. In conjunction with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Audi sent Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 12,349 Audi owners in the State of California on April 29, 2022.