TSB DEALER-20260709 — Audi Service bulletin

DEALER-20260709 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the Audi Q5, 2021–2025 model years, filed and re-filed as 3 documents. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. A software update for the high-voltage battery that contains quality improvement measures is available for Audi Q5 PHEV vehicles. The new software optimizes the diagnostic functions in the battery, enables the battery modules to be analyzed more precisely and increases the…

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

3Documents filed
1Vehicle named
5Model years

Vehicles and model years DEALER-20260709 names

VehicleModel years
Audi Q5 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Every document filed under DEALER-20260709

Manufacturers re-issue a bulletin as the repair changes, and file separate copies for technicians and for owners. All of them carry the same number.

Document IDFiledType
Dealer 931K_20260709 July 9, 2026 Service bulletin
Dealer 93HO_20260709 July 9, 2026 Service bulletin
Dealer 93iD_20260709 July 9, 2026 Service bulletin
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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB DEALER-20260709?

DEALER-20260709 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Audi, covering the Audi Q5 across the 2021–2025 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: A software update for the high-voltage battery that contains quality improvement measures is available for Audi Q5 PHEV vehicles. The new software optimizes the diagnostic functions in the battery, enables the battery modules to be analyzed more precisely and increases the…

Which vehicles does DEALER-20260709 cover?

NHTSA's file names Audi Q5 (2021–2025). 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 DEALER-20260709 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. DEALER-20260709 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 DEALER-20260709?

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 DEALER-20260709, 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 DEALER-20260709. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.