TSB AOS-26-25 — Audi Service bulletin

AOS-26-25 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for 3 Audi models, 2011–2020 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue: The ODIS Audi Brand update 2.41.1 is setting a ODS5003E error code when you perform the 90TV…

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
3Vehicles named
10Model years

Vehicles and model years AOS-26-25 names

VehicleModel years
Audi A4 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Audi Q5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Audi Q7 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Every document filed under AOS-26-25

Document IDFiledType
AOS-26-25 May 26, 2026 Service bulletin
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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB AOS-26-25?

AOS-26-25 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Audi, covering 3 Audi models across the 2011–2020 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue: The ODIS Audi Brand update 2.41.1 is setting a ODS5003E error code when you perform the 90TV…

Which vehicles does AOS-26-25 cover?

NHTSA's file names Audi A4 (2011–2019); Audi Q5 (2011–2020); Audi Q7 (2011–2015, 2017–2020). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB AOS-26-25 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. AOS-26-25 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of AOS-26-25?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under AOS-26-25, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under AOS-26-25. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.