{"nhtsa_id":10036567,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-03-30","date":"2010-12-21","document_id":"TSB-40-10-16","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"AUDI: CRACKING NOISES FROM FRONT AXLE. WHILE DRIVING ON UNEVEN ROADS OR WHEN TURNINGTHE STEERING WHEEL OVER THE FULL RANGE, CRACKING NOISES CAN BE HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT AXLE. THE NOISE COMES FROM THE SUPPORT BRACKET FOR THE TOP OF THE FRONT STRUT. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10036567","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"steering-column","name":"Steering column and wheel","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2008,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_audi_a5","2009_audi_a5","2010_audi_a5","2011_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2009,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_audi_q5","2010_audi_q5","2011_audi_q5"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}