# Service bulletin A461501 2039616\-

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: 10120695
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-25
- Manufacturer's number: A461501 2039616\-
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-02\-05
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS

## NHTSA's summary

The customer may report hearing a high\-pitched squeal or squeak from the brake system during light brake application. May occur during colder weather or when backing out of a parking spot/garage in the morning. Improved front brake pads introduced in production

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10120695-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10120695-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Brakes, Brake pads

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 AUDI Q5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A461505 2038056\-](/bulletins/10120699.md), 2017-10-25, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 46 number 14\-94 dated August 11, 2014. The brake pad wear indicator comes on, but brake pad thickness is above the wear limit.
- [A461506 2039615\-](/bulletins/10120677.md), 2017-10-25, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 46 number 15\-04 dated February 12, 2015. Customer may report hearing brake noise when the vehicle comes to a stop. Improved front brake pads introduced in production.
- [A46163320421822](/bulletins/10093659.md), 2017-03-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN EXPLAINS HOW TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS WITH A SQUEAL COMPLAINT WITH A NEW PART NUMBER AND HOW TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE OF THE ABS/ESP TO DISPLAY A NEW PR CODE AFTER REPLACEMENT.
- [A46163920421823](/bulletins/10093407.md), 2017-03-01, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLACING BRAKE PADS TO PREVENT A NOISE.

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