{"nhtsa_id":10121501,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-31","date":"2013-11-13","document_id":"A551333 2035797-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The customer complains of hearing a creaking or knocking noise from the front of the vehicle when the vehicle is twisted, such as when being driven into or out of a driveway. The customer may describe the location of the noise source as the front suspension area. This type of noise may be caused by the contact between the hood height adjustment stop buffers and the lock carrier. While noises originating from the front of the vehicle may have a number of causes, the repair described below will eliminate this possible cause.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121501-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121501-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10121501","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a4-allroad","2014_audi_a4-allroad"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 AVANT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a5","2013_audi_a5","2014_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5 CABRIOLET","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_q5","2013_audi_q5","2014_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":[]}