{"nhtsa_id":10124569,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-05","date":"2013-07-10","document_id":"A971336 2034322-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The vehicle alarm activates for no reason and it cannot be turned off. The alarm horn does not work. TC/fault symptom combinations are found in the comfort system control module, J393 (address word 46). The DTC can be static or sporadic. The wiring harness insulation for the alarm horn can be damaged during the vehicle production assembly. Because the cable is routed through the plenum chamber, water can enter into the cable via the damaged insulation. The water causes the alarm to activate for no reason or it causes the alarm horn to not work.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10124569-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10124569-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10124569","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","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":"A4 AVANT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"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":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"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":[]}