{"nhtsa_id":10123990,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-17","date":"2013-02-14","document_id":"A481335 2029622-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 48 number 12-34 dated October 23, 2012. The yellow steering symbol is illuminated in the instrument cluster. DTC C10ACFO (steering end stops not programmed) is logged in the power steering control unit, J500 (44). The power steering control unit, J500 (44), expects to receive a VIN message over the data bus shortly after terminal 15 is turned on. If the VIN message is not received at the expected time, the power steering control unit assumes it has been installed in a new vehicle and discards the programmed end position values.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123990-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123990-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10123990","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"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"]}],"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":[]}