{"nhtsa_id":10122851,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-11-30","document_id":"A721204 2030729-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 72 number 12-03 dated September 5, 2012. Customer may report squeak or rattle sounds coming from the rear seat area. The rattle sound can be caused from the pivot point of the torsion bar within the 2/3 rear seat backrest pivot assembly. The squeak noise may be coming from the rear seat armrest area, specifically from the contact surface between the armrest lock and the striker pin.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122851-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122851-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122851","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2009,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_audi_q5","2010_audi_q5","2011_audi_q5","2012_audi_q5","2013_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":[]}