john1r

Has anyone had this (outline of airbag starting to show) happen?

awryexperiment

We didn't see that on our 2010 or 2013. Was something pushing on that part of the dash?

Have you consulted the dealer?

johncaravello

My dash started to show an outline where the airbag is although not as obvious as yours.
I used Aerospace 303 on it and everything looked great again. Might be worth a try if you can dig it up.

Stephen Charles Rea

That is pretty much exactly how my 2011 Q5 looks

audivkk

I just bought a used 2011 and it is fainter but looks like that. Anybody tried to talk to the dealer or anything?

john1r

So Audi agreed that it was't supposed to look like that and they replaced it under warranty. However, I now have two issues: I think they installed the wrong color dash, and I something doesn't look right near the headlight ****.

Can you please take a look at the pics below and confirm that 1) the color is not right (I have a 'black' interior, which we all know is really like a charcoal gray, but you can see it's now a much lighter gray), and 2) that something doesn't look right above the headlight **** where the 2 sections of dash board meet?

Thanks!

spijun

I think you have the wrong color, your is soul black

This is the color: agate gray

Xenonista

They clearly ordered the wrong color, or just used whatever they had on hand. I'm at a loss for words...

john1r

The dealer is now telling me that "There is only 1 color dash for all the Q5’s with the particular interior of your Q5. We checked part numbers and the proper dash was ordered & installed"

Can anyone else confirm if this is true, or if there are other color options as spijun posted? This is for a 3.2 2010 Premium Plus Black interior/Black exterior (USA model).

Separately, I did just find the pic below of a used 2011 Q5 (otherwise same specs as mine, just 1 year newer), and it's black interior kind of looks like mine. I'm so confused. Maybe just being 5 years later the dash looks a bit different (although I would think a new dash would be darker while other parts would be weathered and lighter.



Thanks again!

spijun

I'm not sure for U.S. market
Tell your dealer that is not true
Ask him why in the catalog, there are three different colors of the dashboard
These images are not the best because they are generic but pay attention to what is written for a combination of colors