{"nhtsa_id":10122852,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-11-30","document_id":"A661226 2031853-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Customer hears wind noise coming from the top of the vehicle while driving with the roof carrier bars installed. When the roof carrier bars are installed on the vehicle the acoustic environment in the cabin is predictably affected. The intent of the roof carrier bars is solely for the transport of cargo. When installed an increase in wind noise should be expected.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122852-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122852-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122852","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","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":[]}