# Service bulletin A191666 2043142\-

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: 10118303
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-04
- Manufacturer's number: A191666 2043142\-
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-01\-27
- NHTSA component: ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

The MIL is sporadically on. One or more of the following DTCs is stored in the engine control module \(ECM, J623 \(address word 01\). They are DTC P261A00 \(Coolant Pump ?B? Control Circuit/Open\), DTC P261B00 \(Coolant Pump ?B? Control Circuit Range/Performance\), and DTC P261C00 \(Coolant Pump ?B? Control Circuit Low\). The continued coolant circulation pump sporadically fails.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118303-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118303-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Engine, Cooling system

## Trouble codes named

P261A, P261B, P261C

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 AUDI A3
- 2014 AUDI A3
- 2015 to 2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET
- 2012 to 2015 AUDI A3 ETRON
- 2016 AUDI A3 SPORTBACK E\-TRON
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI A4 ALLROAD
- 2012 AUDI A4 AVANT
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A5
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A6
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A7
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A8
- 2016 AUDI ALL
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI ALLROAD
- 2012 AUDI AUDI
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI B8
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI C6
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI C7
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI D3
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI D4
- 2012 to 2014 AUDI Q3
- 2015 to 2016 AUDI Q3
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI Q5
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI Q5 HYBRID
- 2012 to 2015 AUDI Q7
- 2016 AUDI Q7
- 2013 AUDI R8
- 2016 AUDI R8
- 2012 AUDI R8 GT SPYDER
- 2014 to 2015 AUDI R8 SPYDER
- 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS 5
- 2016 AUDI RS 5
- 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS 5 CABRIOLET
- 2014 to 2016 AUDI RS 7
- 2012 AUDI RS5
- 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS5
- 2016 AUDI RS5
- 2016 AUDI RS5 CABRIOLET
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI RS6
- 2013 AUDI RS7
- 2015 to 2016 AUDI S3
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI S4
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI S5
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET
- 2012 AUDI S6
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI S6
- 2012 AUDI S7
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI S7
- 2012 AUDI S8
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI S8
- 2016 AUDI S8 PLUS
- 2012 to 2013 AUDI SQ5
- 2014 to 2016 AUDI SQ5
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI TT ROADSTER
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI TTS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [18V229000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V229000.md), 2018-04-11: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
- [17V002000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V002000.md), 2017-01-03: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [19i9UPDATE](/bulletins/10250644.md), 2024-02-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. Coolant Expansion Tank \(NVLW\)
- [19i5UPDATE](/bulletins/10250643.md), 2024-02-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; STEERING. Coolant Pump and Power Steering Pump \(NVLW\)
- [1912332030623](/bulletins/10250434.md), 2024-02-20, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. Coolant temperature sporadically too high, C7 V6
- [DC\_Closure 19N8](/bulletins/10249238.md), 2024-02-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP. SERV\_ACT \- After\-Run Coolant Pump \- Closure Notice
- [Update19J2](/bulletins/10249070.md), 2024-01-22, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP. Coolant Pump
- [Update19i5](/bulletins/10249068.md), 2024-01-22, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP; STEERING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP. Coolant Pump and Power Steering Pump
- [A3423652070167\_2](/bulletins/10245620.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. This bulletin provides information for when the cooling oil valve fails basic settings after repair; DTC P1A5B00.
- [19J2](/bulletins/10242609.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Coolant Pump
- [Edition92](/bulletins/10231130.md), 2023-02-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. Idenifying and mixing factory fill engine coolants
- [134520344392](/bulletins/10216666.md), 2022-08-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. When vehicles are driven on gravel roads, there is a greater chance of front\-end stone impact damage to the intercooler radiator \(Figure 1\).

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