# Service bulletin TSB\-94\-13\-16

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: 10052245
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-07\-01
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-94\-13\-16
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-05\-22
- Replaces: TSB\-94\-13\-17
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH

## NHTSA's summary

AUDI: ON SOME VEHICLES, THE SWITCH BETWEEN REAR LID TAIL LAMP AND BUMPER, DOES NOT SWITCH OVER WHEN LID IS IN OPERATION, DUE TO PADDLE, OF REAR SILL TRIM, NOT CONTACTING OPPOSING LID LATCH POINTS, UNIFORMLY. MODELS 2007\-2014 Q7, 2009\-2014 Q5. \*PE UPDATED 07/10/2013 \*JS

## 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

Lighting, Tail lights

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2013 AUDI Q5
- 2007 to 2013 AUDI Q7

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A9423672071954\_1](/bulletins/10244595.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. This bulletin provides information pertaining to when there are foreign objects inside of a headlight or taillight.
- [SM 52\-2017](/bulletins/10127905.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return all tail lamps with the part number listed that are below generation 14s.
- [A941327 2033675\-](/bulletins/10124633.md), 2017-12-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 13\-31 dated July 18, 2013. The customer may report that the tail lamp lighting does not switch over from bumper to the lid, with lid closed. The rear bumper lights function normally \(brake lights, reverse lights, driving lights, turn signals\). The center mount brake light functions normally. DTC 03073 \(Closed Rear Lid Sensor \- Incorrect Signal\) may be stored in the comfort system central control module, J393 \(address word 46\).
- [A941316 2033675\-](/bulletins/10123933.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. The customer may report that the tail lamp lighting does not switch between the rear lid and the bumper when the lid is operated. DTC 03703 \(Rear lid \-closed\- sensor\) may be stored in the comfort system central control module, J393 \(address word 46\).
- [A941315 2027755\-](/bulletins/10123932.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 11\-59 dated December 7, 2011. Bugs are trapped inside the rear taillight housing. Bugs can be seen inside the housing, and there are no external markings indicating the taillight has been hit or has been previously damaged due to outside influence. Bugs are able to enter the taillight housing because the seal around the housing is not tight enough.
- [A941437 2029782\-](/bulletins/10122366.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 12\-95 dated October 25, 2012. A "bulb out" warning is displayed in the driver information system. One or both of the rear side marker lights \(M37 and/or M38 bulbs\) is burnt out. DTCs are stored in the comfort system central control module. Moisture and debris may enter into the lower taillight housing and cause one or more of the bulbs to burn out. The GE brand side marker bulbs \(used in production from approximately February 2011 through September 2012\) are prone to failure.
- [TSB\-94\-12\-92](/bulletins/10047800.md), 2012-12-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS. AUDI: BRAKE LIGHT LENS, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, FOG LIGHTS, SIDE MARKER LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, TAILLIGHTS, FRONT TURN SIGNALS WOULD ALL HAVE VISIBLE CONDENSATION INSIDE DUE DAMPNESS, FROM COLD LENS, SETTLING INSIDE. MODELS 1996\-2013 \- ALL MODEL. \*PE
- [2012749\-2](/bulletins/10025703.md), 2008-09-03, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. EXTERIOR LIGHTS, MOSITURE ACCUMULATION. \*PE

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