Audi A4 2016–2026 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 26-2025 · NHTSA communication 11017647 · issued Apr 17, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2016–2026
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
Vehicles covered
- 2016 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A4
- 2018 Audi A4
- 2019 Audi A4
- 2020 Audi A4
- 2021 Audi A4
- 2022 Audi A4
- 2023 Audi A4
- 2024 Audi A4
- 2025 Audi A4
- 2026 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A5
- 2018 Audi A5
- 2019 Audi A5
- 2020 Audi A5
- 2021 Audi A5
- 2022 Audi A5
- 2023 Audi A5
- 2024 Audi A5
- 2025 Audi A5
- 2026 Audi A5
- 2017 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2018 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2019 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2020 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2021 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2022 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2023 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2024 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2018 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2019 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2020 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2021 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2022 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2023 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2024 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2025 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2026 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2018 Audi RS 5
- 2019 Audi RS 5
- 2020 Audi RS 5
- 2021 Audi RS 5
- 2022 Audi RS 5
- 2023 Audi RS 5
- 2024 Audi RS 5
- 2025 Audi RS 5
- 2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2021 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2022 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2023 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2024 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2025 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2026 Audi RS 5 Sportback
- 2017 Audi S5
- 2018 Audi S5
- 2019 Audi S5
- 2020 Audi S5
- 2021 Audi S5
- 2022 Audi S5
- 2023 Audi S5
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.