Audi A4 2000–2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 15-D-4-JZ · NHTSA communication 10026544 · issued Aug 5, 2008
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2003
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Audi: the internal engine damage resulting from a broken timing belt. If the timing belt of vehicle were to break, the engine will not run and may sustain serious internal damage. *pe
Vehicles covered
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.