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Service bulletin ESA-23-L-2

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 id10053915
Published by NHTSA2013-12-04
Manufacturer's numberESA-23-L-2
Manufacturer's date2013-08-06
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SENSOR MAY HAVE CORROSION FORMING, IN SOME VEHICLES, WHICH CAUSES A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) TO COME ON AND WILL NOT PASS EMISSION INSPECTION OR A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SOFTWARE. MODEL 2009-2012 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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Differential, Software

Vehicles listed
AUDI Q72009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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

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