2012 Audi Q5 Technical Service Bulletins

1,285 technical service bulletins (TSBs) are on record for the 2012 Audi Q5. TSBs are notes manufacturers send to dealers about repair procedures for issues seen in the field. They are not recalls and do not by themselves mean a vehicle has a fault.

• 10243756Oct 6, 2014Equipment. Audi Elsa Newsletter
• 10226490Oct 2, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Customer may report harsh shift concerns; no faults are stored and concern is reproducible
• 10216632Oct 2, 2014Equipment. Under certain driving conditions, the secondary air ports in the cylinder head can accumulate carbon over time, causing a restriction.
• 10210697Oct 2, 2014Exterior lighting. TAC must be contacted before any repairs are attempted. Specific information about the concern must be gathered (as described in the Service portion of this bulletin) before TAC is contacted. Customer may report harsh shift concerns, but the customer is unable to determine the shift point because there is no gear indicator in the cluster. The concern can be reproduced.
• 10124763Oct 2, 2014Electrical system, Equipment. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 91 number 13-08 dated September 20, 2013. The customer would like to add a different navigation map database for countries outside of the USA or Canada. The customer would like to change the MMI system language to a different language that is not already supported by MMI.
• 10124723Oct 2, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 12-65 dated September 25, 2012. Customer may report harsh shift concerns, but the customer is unable to determine the shift point because there is no gear indicator in the cluster. The concern can be reproduced. No faults are stored. TAC must be contacted before any repairs are attempted. Specific information about the concern must be gathered (as described in…
• 10124717Oct 2, 2014Engine cooling. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 01 number 14-89 dated August 19, 2014. MIL on. DTCs are stored in the engine control module. Mileage is greater than 15,000 miles. Under certain driving conditions, the secondary air ports in the cylinder head can accumulate carbon over time, causing a restriction.
• 10226498Sep 26, 2014Lane departure. Transmission warning message in cluster (DTC P060A00)
• 10226497Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Transmission faults stored (DTC P1703 or U1111)
• 10226496Sep 26, 2014Steering. Gearbox warning light on (DTC P060B00 stored in TCM)
• 10226495Sep 26, 2014Back-over prevention (rear camera), Transmission and drivetrain. Hesitation concerns, harsh downshifts when braking, or harsh 1-2 upshifts
• 10210696Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. Customer may report transmission warning light is illuminated. In some cases, the vehicle will not move after being started and placed into gear. After key cycle, the vehicle drives without restriction. The DTCs are stored due to an issue with the transmission control module software.
• 10210695Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Other or unknown, Electrical system. If the memory is read with guided fault finding (GFF) or if Immobilizer test plans are performed, the above DTC entries may be stored due to a communication error between the VAS tester and the TCM. (In particular, the issue happens with tester VAS 5051B).
• 10210694Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Electrical system. A software change in the diagnosis function was made. Customer may report that the transmission warning light is on.
• 10210693Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain, Engine cooling, Electrical system. Further transmission control module (TCM), J217, software calibration needed to improve shift concerns. Further engine control module (ECM), J623, software calibration needed to improve hesitation. Hesitation concerns, harsh downshifts when braking, or harsh 1-2 upshifts.
• 10124811Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 14-39 dated August 1, 2014. Hesitation concerns, harsh downshifts when braking, or harsh 1-2 upshifts. Further transmission control module (TCM), J217, software calibration needed to improve shift concerns. Further engine control module (ECM), J623, software calibration needed to improve hesitation.
• 10124810Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 14-40 dated August 1, 2014. Customer may report that the transmission warning light is on. DTC P060B00 (2528) (Internal Control Module A/D Processing Performance) is stored in the transmission control module (TCM), J217 (address word 02). A software change in the diagnosis function was made.
• 10124809Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 14-41 dated August 1, 2014. There is no customer complaint with this concern. Transmission faults stored (DTC P1703 or U1111).
• 10124808Sep 26, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 14-42 dated August 1, 2014. Customer may report transmission warning light is illuminated. In some cases, the vehicle will not move after being started and placed into gear. After key cycle, the vehicle drives without restriction. DTCs are stored in the transmission control module (TCM).
• 10066015Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10066013Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10066012Sep 26, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10226418Sep 25, 2014Lane departure. Lane change assist false vehicle warning (foil kit installation)
• 10124796Sep 25, 2014Electrical system. Customer reports that the side assist is providing warnings when no vehicles are present. The radar is reflected from the rear wheels back to the sensors, resulting in a false side assist warning.
• 10066452Sep 25, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10124806Sep 23, 2014Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). Windshield is streaked, has a snakeskin appearance, or its surface feels rough. Residue from industrial fallout as well as normal road dirt and grime may accumulate on windshield.
• 10243763Sep 22, 2014Equipment. Audi Elsa Newsletter
• 10243762Sep 15, 2014Equipment. Audi Elsa Newsletter
• 10124798Sep 12, 2014Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors). Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 92 number 14-08 dated August 19, 2014. The washer solvent level warning is on in the DIS, but the washer solvent level is correct. There is no functional restriction in the windshield washer system. The sensitivity of the washer solvent level sensor (G33) can be affected by the type, concentration, and the presence of additives in the washer solvent currently in the tank.
• 10216628Sep 10, 2014Engine cooling. Customer vehicle is fitted with unauthorized ECM tuning.
• 10124823Sep 10, 2014Equipment. Customer vehicle is fitted with unauthorized ECM tuning. All systems on Audi vehicles are engineered to work together using the factory calibrations, which have been extensively tested and validated before the vehicle is released for sale. The Audi warranty coverage is based on the results of developing the vehicle under the factory calibration.
• 10243761Sep 8, 2014Equipment. Audi Elsa Newsletter
• 10216654Sep 2, 2014Back-over prevention (rear camera). The message ?Oil minimum warning, add one quart of oil? appears in the instrument cluster, but the oil level is above the minimum level (when measured with special tool T40178). ? There are no DTCs related to oil level stored in the ECM memory. The oil level sensor is defective.
• 10124817Sep 2, 2014Electrical system. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 17 number 14-51 dated August 18, 2014. The message ?Oil minimum warning, add one quart of oil? appears in the instrument cluster, but the oil level is above the minimum level (when measured with special tool T40178). There are no DTCs related to oil level stored in the ECM memory. The oil level sensor is defective.
• 10065956Sep 2, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10243760Sep 1, 2014Equipment. Audi Elsa Newsletter
• 10212655Aug 28, 2014Engine cooling. The engine judders or runs erratically. The vehicle judders during acceleration. No event entry is stored in the engine control module (ECM). The air mass meter is suspected to be faulty. Possible incorrect function on the sensor elements of the air mass meter.
• 10210603Aug 28, 2014Engine cooling, Engine. Possible incorrect function on the sensor elements of the air mass meter.
• 10133234Aug 28, 2014Electrical system, Engine cooling, Fuel system. The engine judders or runs erratically. The vehicle judders during acceleration. No event entry is stored in the engine control module (ECM). The air mass meter is suspected to be faulty. Possible incorrect function on the sensor elements of the air mass meter.
• 10216627Aug 19, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Under certain driving conditions, the secondary air ports in the cylinder head can accumulate carbon over time, causing a restriction. The ODIS tester can identify the state of the restriction, and will request that the system is cleaned in order to prevent the MIL from illuminating.
• 10216626Aug 19, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Under certain driving conditions, the secondary air ports in the cylinder head can accumulate carbon over time, causing a restriction.
• 10066423Aug 19, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10065441Aug 19, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10216653Aug 18, 2014Engine cooling. The message ?Oil minimum warning, add one quart of oil? appears in the instrument cluster, but the oil level is above the minimum level (when measured with special tool T40178). ? There are no DTCs related to oil level stored in the ECM memory. The oil level sensor is defective.
• 10065955Aug 18, 2014Electrical system. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10216652Aug 15, 2014Engine cooling. A check with the engine oil service dipstick T40178 is necessary, but the adjustment values for the dipstick are not available in the Elsa repair manual. Because of a system change, the adjustment values for the service dipstick T40178 were removed from the repair manual.
• 10250955Aug 11, 2014Brakes. Brake pad wear warning - pads not at minimum
• 10066308Aug 11, 2014Brakes. Summary to be provided on a future date.
• 10226501Aug 1, 2014Transmission and drivetrain. Transmission faults stored (DTC P1703 or U1111)
• 10226500Aug 1, 2014Steering. Gearbox warning light on (DTC P060B00 stored in TCM)

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