Audi A6 2011–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A15162820399952 · NHTSA communication 10093541 · issued Apr 27, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2011–2015
model years
32
vehicle entries
Official summary
This technical service bulletin instructs the reader to verify a rattling noise heard at cold start and to replace both upper chain tensioners of bank 1 and bank 2 with an optimized part.
Vehicles covered
- 2011 Audi A6
- 2012 Audi A6
- 2013 Audi A6
- 2014 Audi A6
- 2015 Audi A6
- 2012 Audi A7
- 2013 Audi A7
- 2014 Audi A7
- 2015 Audi A7
- 2013 Audi A8
- 2014 Audi A8
- 2015 Audi A8
- 2013 Audi Q5
- 2014 Audi Q5
- 2015 Audi Q5
- 2011 Audi Q7
- 2012 Audi Q7
- 2013 Audi Q7
- 2014 Audi Q7
- 2015 Audi Q7
- 2011 Audi S4
- 2012 Audi S4
- 2013 Audi S4
- 2014 Audi S4
- 2015 Audi S4
- 2013 Audi S5
- 2014 Audi S5
- 2015 Audi S5
- 2014 Audi S5 Cabriolet
- 2015 Audi S5 Cabriolet
- 2014 Audi SQ5
- 2015 Audi SQ5
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.