# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10047899
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-12\-10
- Manufacturer's number: DC\-516
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-10
- NHTSA component: AIR 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

- 2006 to 2009 AUDI A3
- 2006 to 2009 AUDI A4
- 2006 to 2009 AUDI A6
- 2006 to 2009 AUDI A8
- 2009 AUDI Q5
- 2006 AUDI Q7
- 2007 to 2009 AUDI Q7

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2018342](/recalls/tc/2018342.md), 2018-06-22: Airbag
- [18V427000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V427000.md), 2018-06-22: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2018059](/recalls/tc/2018059.md), 2018-01-30: Airbag
- [18V082000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V082000.md), 2018-01-30: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2018022](/recalls/tc/2018022.md), 2018-01-10: Airbag
- [18V004000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V004000.md), 2018-01-04: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2017026](/recalls/tc/2017026.md), 2017-01-13: Airbag
- [17V032000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V032000.md), 2017-01-11: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [16V382000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V382000.md), 2016-06-01: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2016266](/recalls/tc/2016266.md), 2016-05-27: Airbag

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [4313172033666](/bulletins/10250679.md), 2024-02-26, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\); SUSPENSION; BACK OVER PREVENTION; LANE DEPARTURE. Vehicle lowers itself, air suspension warning light on, level sensor error \(PR\-2MB or 1BK\)
- [TRMDMV\_MA\_Audi](/bulletins/10233620.md), 2023-04-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. In conjunction with the Massachusetts DMV, Audi will be sending Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 2,907 Audi owners in the State of Massachusetts on March 13, 2023.
- [TRMDMV\_NM\_Audi](/bulletins/10233612.md), 2023-04-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. In conjunction with the New Mexico DMV, Audi will be sending Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 389 Audi owners in the State of New Mexico on March 13, 2023.
- [TRMDMV\_CO\_Audi](/bulletins/10232111.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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.
- [DC\_Rings\_VOL10](/bulletins/10232062.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; AIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Takata recall and 3G turndown
- [97133520334121](/bulletins/10226464.md), 2022-11-21, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; LANE DEPARTURE. ABS warning light on \- wire harness damage
- [TRMDMV\_NY\_Audi](/bulletins/10225524.md), 2022-11-04, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. In conjunction with the New York DMV, Audi will be sending Takata airbag recall reminder notices to approximately 5,165 Audi owners in the State of New York on October 17, 2022.
- [TRMDMV\_PR\_Audi](/bulletins/10216495.md), 2022-08-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; AIR BAGS. 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\_Audi](/bulletins/10214793.md), 2022-07-01, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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\_Audi](/bulletins/10211919.md), 2022-06-07, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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.

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