# 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: 10145677
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-10\-15
- Manufacturer's number: Dealer Letter \-
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-07\-16
- NHTSA component: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

On certain vehicles manufactured within a specific period, the bolted connection for the tie rod \(righ rear\) may not have been tightened correctly.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145677-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145677-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Steering, Tie rods and steering linkage

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 AUDI A6
- 2016 AUDI A7
- 2016 AUDI RS 7
- 2016 AUDI S6
- 2016 AUDI S7

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Bulletin \- Updat](/bulletins/10145671.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY. On Audi A6 and A7 vehicles manufactured within a specific period, the bolted connection for the tie rod \(rear right\) may not have been tightened correctly. This was due to a fault with the production?s screwing system.

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