{"nhtsa_id":10122739,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-10-03","document_id":"Dealer Letter -","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This communication is to inform you of Update 48K4. On Audi vehicles with electromechanical power steering manufactured within a specific period, an irregularity detected by the diagnosis function can result in an implausible status immediately after the engine is started. This causes the warning lamp for the electromechanical power steering to light up. There is no loss of steering functionality. Update the power steering control module (J500) software.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122739-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122739-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122739","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","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":"A6","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a6","2013_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a7","2013_audi_a7"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_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":[]}