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Service bulletin 48M3 BULLETIN

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 id10106763
Published by NHTSA2017-06-16
Manufacturer's number48M3 BULLETIN
Manufacturer's date2016-05-10
NHTSA componentSTEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

ON AUDI VEHICLES WITH ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING MANUFACTURED WITHIN A SPECIFIC PERIOD, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SEAL ON THE POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT WAS NOT MANUFACTURED CORRECTLY.

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

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
AUDI A4 ALLROAD2016
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2016
AUDI A62016
AUDI A72016
AUDI A82016
AUDI ALLROAD2016
AUDI Q52016
AUDI Q72017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V6480002016-09-08. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

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
48M3 DEALER LETT2017-06-16. Service bulletin. ON AUDI VEHICLES WITH ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING MANUFACTURED WITHIN A SPECIFIC PERIOD, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE SEAL ON THE POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT WAS NOT MANUFACTURED CORRECTLY.