{"nhtsa_id":10095303,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-16","date":"2016-09-20","document_id":"24CO","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON CERTAIN AUDI VEHICLES WITH A 3.0L TFSI ENGINE MANUFACTURED DURING A SPECIFIC PERIOD, THE DIAGNOSTIC THRESHOLDS FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE PROGRAMMED TOO TIGHTLY IN THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT. AS A RESULT, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) MAY COME ON EVEN THOUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. IF THE MIL IS ON, A VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS AN EMISSIONS INSPECTION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10095303","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"catalytic-converter","name":"Catalytic converter","parent":"exhaust-emissions"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a4-allroad","2014_audi_a4-allroad","2015_audi_a4-allroad","2016_audi_a4-allroad"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a5","2014_audi_a5","2015_audi_a5","2016_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a6","2013_audi_a6","2014_audi_a6","2015_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a7","2013_audi_a7","2014_audi_a7","2015_audi_a7"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A8","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a8","2014_audi_a8"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_q5","2014_audi_q5","2015_audi_q5","2016_audi_q5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"RS 5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_rs-5","2014_audi_rs-5","2015_audi_rs-5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"RS 5","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_s5","2014_audi_s5","2015_audi_s5","2016_audi_s5"]}],"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":[]}