TSB SM-47-2024 — Audi Manufacturer communication

SM-47-2024 is a manufacturer communication on file with NHTSA for the Audi Q7, 2016 model years, filed and re-filed as 2 documents. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.

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

2Documents filed
1Vehicle named
1Model year

Vehicles and model years SM-47-2024 names

VehicleModel years
Audi Q7 2016

Every document filed under SM-47-2024

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
SM 47-2024 August 26, 2024 Manufacturer communication
SM 47-2024 August 26, 2024 Manufacturer communication

What SM-47-2024 covers

Engine — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB SM-47-2024?

SM-47-2024 is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA by Audi, covering the Audi Q7 across the 2016 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.

Which vehicles does SM-47-2024 cover?

NHTSA's file names Audi Q7 (2016). 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 SM-47-2024 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. SM-47-2024 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 SM-47-2024?

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 SM-47-2024, 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 SM-47-2024. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.