{"nhtsa_id":10121308,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-31","date":"2013-10-07","document_id":"A461359 2035506-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Customer or technician hears a thumping noise while braking. Customer or technician feels pulsations while braking. There is brake pad residue (also called ?pad marks?) on the brake discs. These conditions may be found at PDI, or after there are a few hundred miles on the odometer. These conditions may exist on the front and/or rear brakes.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121308-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121308-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10121308","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"brake-pad","name":"Brake pads","parent":"brakes"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_audi_a7"]}],"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":[]}