{"nhtsa_id":10122676,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-12-21","document_id":"A851210 2032226-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Grinding noise coming from the HVAC blower motor. The plastic stop on the adapter of the fresh air blower motor is damaged in production. As a result, the blower moves within its housing. This allows the blower impeller to make contact with the blower motor housing.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122676-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122676-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122676","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a4-allroad"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5 CABRIOLET","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_q5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"RS5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_rs-5"]}],"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":[]}