{"nhtsa_id":10122806,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-10-31","document_id":"A001240 2031473-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Bristles from car wash are discovered between headlight and front fender. The vehicle design in the area around the headlights has a gap that, when the vehicle is washed in car washes having a particular bristle angle and type, can trap these bristles in this area, tear away from the mechanism and lodge in the gap between the headlight and fender.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122806-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122806-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122806","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"headlight","name":"Headlights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a6","2013_audi_a6","2014_audi_a6","2015_audi_a6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A7","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a7","2013_audi_a7","2014_audi_a7","2015_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":[]}