{"nhtsa_id":10095319,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-03-16","date":"2016-06-06","document_id":"69M7 SERVICE","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"AIR BAGS; SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FIELD COMMUNICATION: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE PODS SYSTEM MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY UPON VEHICLE START-UP, AND AS A RESULT MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WILL BE ALERTED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT, ILLUMINATION OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR, AS WELL AS BY MESSAGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PLEASE SEE YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE INDICATOR LIGHTS AND MESSAGES. DEALER COMMUNICATION: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE PODS SYSTEM MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY UPON VEHICLE START-UP, AND AS A RESULT MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WILL BE ALERTED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT, ILLUMINATION OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR, AS WELL AS BY MESSAGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PLEASE SEE YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE INDICATOR LIGHTS AND MESSAGES. CIRCULAR: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE PODS SYSTEM MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY UPON VEHICLE START-UP, AND AS A RESULT MAY NOT RECOGNIZE A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WILL BE ALERTED BY ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT, ILLUMINATION OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF INDICATOR, AS WELL AS BY MESSAGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PLEASE SEE YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE INDICATOR LIGHTS AND MESSAGES.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10095319","components":[{"id":"air-bags","name":"Air bags","parent":null},{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null},{"id":"instrument-cluster","name":"Instrument cluster","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q7","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_audi_q7"]}],"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":[]}