# Service bulletin A461505 2038056\-

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: 10120699
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-25
- Manufacturer's number: A461505 2038056\-
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-02\-19
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES

## NHTSA's summary

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.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10120699-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10120699-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Brakes, Brake pads

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 AUDI A4
- 2013 to 2016 AUDI A4 ALLROAD
- 2011 to 2012 AUDI A4 AVANT
- 2010 to 2016 AUDI A5
- 2010 to 2016 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A6
- 2012 to 2016 AUDI A7
- 2011 to 2016 AUDI A8
- 2010 to 2016 AUDI Q5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A461360 2035113\-](/bulletins/10121309.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 46 number 13\-58 dated August 26, 2013. Customer may report rattling noises from front axle on uneven roads. There are conflicting tolerances in the alignment of pin and hole on the front brake discs.
- [A461359 2035506\-](/bulletins/10121308.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. Customer or technician hears a thumping noise while braking. Customer or technician feels pulsations while braking. There is brake pad residue \(also called ?pad marks?\) on the brake discs. These conditions may be found at PDI, or after there are a few hundred miles on the odometer. These conditions may exist on the front and/or rear brakes.
- [A461501 2039616\-](/bulletins/10120695.md), 2017-10-25, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. 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
- [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.
- [A46163720386474](/bulletins/10095025.md), 2017-03-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. THIS BULLETIN EXPLAINS HOW TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS, DISCS, AND SENSOR TO RESOLVE A NOISE CONCERN.
- [A46163620386473](/bulletins/10095001.md), 2017-03-15, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. THIS BULLETIN EXPLAINS HOW TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS, DISCS, AND SENSOR TO RESOLVE A NOISE CONCERN.
- [A46163520386472](/bulletins/10093671.md), 2017-03-03, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTS THE READER TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS, DISCS, AND SENSORS TO RESOLVE A NOISE ISSUE.
- [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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