# Service bulletin 2038030/1

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: 10066436
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-05\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 2038030/1
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-08\-04
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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, Headlights

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 AUDI A4 ALLROAD
- 2013 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET
- 2013 AUDI Q5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A9424722073282\_1](/bulletins/10251657.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. This bulletin provides information on visual concerns with the headlight lens.
- [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.
- [A0023692031473\_4](/bulletins/10236599.md), 2023-06-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. This bulletin provides information for when car wash bristles become stuck in the body gap between the headlight and fender.
- [A0021472031473\_3](/bulletins/10198246.md), 2021-07-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; STRUCTURE. This information bulletin states to remove the car wash bristle and advise the customer to go somewhere else to prevent it from occurring again.
- [A941789 2036670\-](/bulletins/10127858.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when the high beam light is inoperative but the low beam is functioning with DTC 003205 or 003206.
- [A941453 2038601\-](/bulletins/10124742.md), 2017-12-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. A headlight system warning may be illuminated in the instrument cluster. Headlight range control inoperative. Xenon high beam shutter inoperative on one side \(low beam functioning\). Diagnosis of the concern indicates that the headlight is at fault. Connector in the headlight is not properly seated.
- [A941309 2032852\-](/bulletins/10124010.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 13\-08 dated February 26, 2013. Only vehicles with xenon headlights \(PR No 8Q3 or 8Q5\) are affected. The headlights appear to be adjusted too low. The overall illumination pattern on the road is too short, particularly when driving on non\-highway roads. The illumination pattern on road is the same when compared to similarly xenon headlight\-equipped vehicles.
- [A941308 2032852\-](/bulletins/10124009.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. Only vehicles with xenon headlights \(PR No 8Q3 or 8Q5\) are affected. The headlights are adjusted too low. The overall illumination pattern on the road is too short, particularly when not driving on the highway. The headlight adjustment is correct according to the ElsaWeb repair manual, or the overall illumination pattern on the road is the same when compared to another like vehicle.
- [A941314 2033536\-](/bulletins/10123931.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. A significant amount of water is collecting at the base of the Xenon headlight lens. No outside influence, such as rock chips, can be found. The headlights function normally. If the customer complaint is only about condensation buildup on the fog lamp \(not about water collecting as described above\), refer to TSB 2012749, 94 Exterior lights, moisture accumulation. Under certain circumstances, water can enter through the headlight adjustment screw \(A4\), or through the bonding channel between the headlight housing and lens \(A5\).
- [A941312 2017566\-](/bulletins/10123849.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 09\-23 dated August 12, 2009. Headlight switch knob is pressed in. The switch functions correctly. The headlight switch knob was designed with a normal position and a pushed\-in position. This is a deliberate design feature designed to avoid injuries in the event of a collision.

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