# Service bulletin SM 52\-2017 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: 10127905 - Published by NHTSA: 2018\-02\-05 - Manufacturer's number: SM 52\-2017 - Manufacturer's date: 2017\-08\-04 - NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EQUIPMENT ## NHTSA's summary This special notice is to inform dealers to return all tail lamps with the part number listed that are below generation 14s. ## The document - [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10127905-9999.pdf) - [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10127905-0001.pdf) The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. ## Components Equipment and accessories, Lighting, Tail lights ## Vehicles listed - 2009 to 2013 AUDI A3 - 2014 AUDI A3 - 2015 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET - 2009 to 2015 AUDI A3 ETRON - 2009 to 2010 AUDI A4 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI A4 ALLROAD - 2011 to 2012 AUDI A4 AVANT - 2009 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET - 2009 to 2015 AUDI A5 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET - 2009 to 2015 AUDI A6 - 2009 to 2011 AUDI A7 - 2012 to 2015 AUDI A7 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI A8 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI ALLROAD - 2009 to 2012 AUDI AUDI - 2009 to 2013 AUDI B8 - 2009 to 2013 AUDI C6 - 2009 to 2013 AUDI C7 - 2009 to 2013 AUDI D3 - 2009 to 2013 AUDI D4 - 2009 to 2014 AUDI Q3 - 2015 AUDI Q3 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI Q5 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI Q5 HYBRID - 2009 to 2015 AUDI Q7 - 2009 to 2010 AUDI R8 - 2013 AUDI R8 - 2012 AUDI R8 GT SPYDER - 2011 AUDI R8 SPYDER - 2014 to 2015 AUDI R8 SPYDER - 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS 5 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS 5 CABRIOLET - 2014 to 2015 AUDI RS 7 - 2009 AUDI RS4 - 2010 to 2012 AUDI RS5 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI RS5 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI RS6 - 2013 AUDI RS7 - 2015 AUDI S3 - 2009 to 2015 AUDI S4 - 2009 AUDI S4 CABRIOLET - 2009 to 2015 AUDI S5 - 2010 to 2015 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET - 2009 to 2011 AUDI S6 - 2012 AUDI S6 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI S6 - 2012 AUDI S7 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI S7 - 2009 AUDI S8 - 2011 to 2012 AUDI S8 - 2013 to 2015 AUDI S8 - 2012 to 2013 AUDI SQ5 - 2014 to 2015 AUDI SQ5 - 2009 to 2010 AUDI TT - 2011 to 2015 AUDI TT ROADSTER - 2012 to 2015 AUDI TTS ## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component - [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. - [94F6UPDATE](/bulletins/10243827.md), 2023-10-10, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Tail Lamp Seal \(NVLW\) - [A9415702041099\-2](/bulletins/10128479.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 15\-69 dated June 29, 2015. The bulb out warning for the taillight is displayed in the instrument cluster. The vehicle taillights are operating normally. - [A941788 2039584\-](/bulletins/10127759.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. This bulletin contains repair information when there is a bulb failure warning on one or more of the taillights. - [A941327 2033675\-](/bulletins/10124633.md), 2017-12-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 13\-31 dated July 18, 2013. The customer may report that the tail lamp lighting does not switch over from bumper to the lid, with lid closed. The rear bumper lights function normally \(brake lights, reverse lights, driving lights, turn signals\). The center mount brake light functions normally. DTC 03073 \(Closed Rear Lid Sensor \- Incorrect Signal\) may be stored in the comfort system central control module, J393 \(address word 46\). - [A941316 2033675\-](/bulletins/10123933.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. The customer may report that the tail lamp lighting does not switch between the rear lid and the bumper when the lid is operated. DTC 03703 \(Rear lid \-closed\- sensor\) may be stored in the comfort system central control module, J393 \(address word 46\). - [A941315 2027755\-](/bulletins/10123932.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 11\-59 dated December 7, 2011. Bugs are trapped inside the rear taillight housing. Bugs can be seen inside the housing, and there are no external markings indicating the taillight has been hit or has been previously damaged due to outside influence. Bugs are able to enter the taillight housing because the seal around the housing is not tight enough. - [A941437 2029782\-](/bulletins/10122366.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 94 number 12\-95 dated October 25, 2012. A "bulb out" warning is displayed in the driver information system. One or both of the rear side marker lights \(M37 and/or M38 bulbs\) is burnt out. DTCs are stored in the comfort system central control module. Moisture and debris may enter into the lower taillight housing and cause one or more of the bulbs to burn out. The GE brand side marker bulbs \(used in production from approximately February 2011 through September 2012\) are prone to failure. - [A941433 2036653\-](/bulletins/10122303.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The rear taillight warning for the left or right taillight may display in instrument cluster upon vehicle start. The vehicle taillights are operating normally. DTCs are sporadically found in the comfort system central control module, J393 \(address word 46\). An intermittent taillight warning upon vehicle start may be possible in extremely cold weather, but rear light functionality is not lost. An ignition key cycle will reset the warning. - [2039584/2](/bulletins/10074504.md), 2016-06-22, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. 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