# Service bulletin Dealer Letter \-

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: 10144618
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-09\-17
- Manufacturer's number: Dealer Letter \-
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-05\-07
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

On a limited number of Audi Q5 vehicles manufactured within a specific period, the specification for the front bolted connection on the cross brace was not correctly documented. It is possible that the connections may have not been tightened to the correct torque specification.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144618-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10144618-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 AUDI Q5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SM 21\-2024](/bulletins/10252104.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.
- [SM 19\-2024](/bulletins/10252019.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
- [SM 17\-2024](/bulletins/10251510.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.
- [A9124802055591\_6](/bulletins/10250815.md), 2024-03-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. This bulletin provides information for vehicles when the infotainment system sporadically reboots.
- [A9124682072959\_1](/bulletins/10250336.md), 2024-03-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. This bulletin provides information for when Apple CarPlay pops up or takes over audio without user intervention in vehicles with the Audi Smartphone Interface.
- [A9124632044694\_3](/bulletins/10250322.md), 2024-03-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\). This bulletin provides information pertaining to MMI Navigation database concerns.
- [SM 56\-2023](/bulletins/10245542.md), 2023-12-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
- [A0023812070568\_2](/bulletins/10245285.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT. This bulletin provides information on the VAS 611 015 PICO\-NVH tool for professional noise analysis.
- [A9123332058007\_2](/bulletins/10244546.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM\(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM\); EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. This bulletin provides information for when Navigation, Bluetooth, smartphone interface, and voice recognition is not available.
- [A7423262071893\_1](/bulletins/10244517.md), 2023-11-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. This bulletin provides damage assessment guidelines for textile seat covers.

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