Audi A5 2025–2026 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_2081251_1 · NHTSA communication 11031041 · issued Mar 10, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2025–2026
model years
19
vehicle entries
Official summary
Pending Service Solution (PSS) requests that technicians enter a record into the PSS database when the message "Proactive occupant protection fault: Please contact workshop" appears along with DTC U017E00, U017F00.
Vehicles covered
- 2025 Audi A5
- 2026 Audi A5
- 2026 Audi A6
- 2025 Audi A6 Sportback E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q5
- 2026 Audi Q5
- 2025 Audi Q5 Sportback
- 2026 Audi Q5 Sportback
- 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-Tron
- 2025 Audi S5
- 2026 Audi S5
- 2025 Audi S6 Sportback E-Tron
- 2025 Audi SQ5
- 2026 Audi SQ5
- 2025 Audi SQ5 Sportback
- 2026 Audi SQ5 Sportback
- 2025 Audi SQ6 E-Tron
- 2025 Audi SQ6 Sportback E-Tron
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.