Service bulletins for the 2018 Audi Q5
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.
1091 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| A4320352059364_1 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. This bulletin contains a software update for DTC U013200. |
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| A4320342059363_1 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. This bulletin contains repair instructions for DTC C1260F0 and U112100 with an air suspension malfunction warning. |
| A1520342053278_3 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin contains repair instructions for 3.0 and 2.9 TFSI engines that have oil loss around the engine compartment, front end, and underbody. |
| A9020452059335_1 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin contains information on noises from the instrument cluster installation area. |
| A9020442032113_3 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This information bulletin contains a background on the outside air temperature reading. |
| A9420242050234_4 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. This bulletin contains repair instructions regarding when the rear lights do not switch from bumper to hatchgate after closing with DTC B146C29. |
| A9720732058976_1 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when the vehicle feels like it is hesitating, low on power, or bucking/jerking while driving. |
| A9120572055591_1 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin contains a software update for when the MMI screens go blank and the system reboots, it may have stored DTC U10CF00 and/or B13B901. |
| A6420722047061_2 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. This bulletin contains a cleaning procedure from leftover residue from suction cups or labels. |
| SM 21-2020 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided. |
| A012054201475311 | 2020-05-07. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. This bulletin contains instructions for when to add gasoline additives for cleaning the injectors. |
| A5120132009967_1 | 2020-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This bulletin contains instructions for vehicle inspection, protection removal, and detailing. |
| A3920282059057_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This bulletin contains repair instructions for noises when in reverse or vibrations/humming/droning or rubbing whrn fully turning the wheel. |
| A3420472058875_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This bulletin contains instructions for oil leaking from the vehicle without a DTC. |
| A942020201780613 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin contains information regarding when the message 'Vehicle lights: malfunction' appears with DTC 03280, 01800, or B126AF0. |
| A9720712058976_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when the vehicle feels like it is hesitating, low on power, or bucking/jerking while driving. |
| A6420692058935_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin contains a software update that addresses when the back lighting of the door switches flicker and there are no DTCs stored. |
| A3920272051558_2 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when the message "four-wheel drive malfunction" shows up sporadically in the instrument cluster with DTC C05ED00. |
| A3920262048671_4 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. This bulletin contains instructions for when DTC U030000 appears and 'All Wheel Drive Malfunction Message' is displayed in the instrument cluster. |
| A3420462058928_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL). This bulletin contains instructions for recalibrating the gear sensor when the 'P' displays begin to flicker on the selector display and in the instrument cluster display. |
| A0120502058890_1 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This bulletin contains instructions for replacing a part or performing a software update for DTC P000000. |
| A4820852053869_3 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. STEERING. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when DTC B145504 with symptom code 7340800. 48 Steering wheel heater is not working, DTC B145504 is stored in the steering column control module. |
| A4020022058421_2 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. STEERING. This bulletin contains repair instructions for when there is squeaking and creaking when steering or during suspension movement. |
| A012046201475310 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS. This bulletin contains instructions for when to add gasoline additives for cleaning the injectors. |
| SM 14-2020 | 2020-04-02. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and order the superseded part number going forward |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.