Audi A4 Allroad 2011–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A171668 2038119- · NHTSA communication 10118394 · issued Mar 7, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2018
model years
56
vehicle entries
Official summary
The message "Oil minimum warning, add one quart of oil" appears in the instrument cluster, but the oil level is above the minimum level. There are no DTCs related to oil level stored in the ECM memory. The oil level sensor is defective.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2014 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2015 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2016 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2017 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2018 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2011 Audi A4 Avant
- 2012 Audi A4 Avant
- 2011 Audi A5
- 2012 Audi A5
- 2013 Audi A5
- 2014 Audi A5
- 2015 Audi A5
- 2016 Audi A5
- 2017 Audi A5
- 2018 Audi A5
- 2011 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2013 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2014 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2015 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2016 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2017 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 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
- 2013 Audi Allroad
- 2014 Audi Allroad
- 2015 Audi Allroad
- 2016 Audi Allroad
- 2017 Audi Allroad
- 2018 Audi Allroad
- 2013 Audi Q5
- 2014 Audi Q5
- 2015 Audi Q5
- 2016 Audi Q5
- 2017 Audi Q5
- 2018 Audi Q5
- 2011 Audi Q7
- 2012 Audi Q7
- 2013 Audi Q7
- 2014 Audi Q7
- 2015 Audi Q7
- 2016 Audi Q7
- 2015 Audi RS 5
- 2016 Audi RS 5
- 2013 Audi RS5
- 2014 Audi RS5
- 2017 Audi RS5 Cabriolet
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.