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Audi A3 2000–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin A971548 2013504- · NHTSA communication 10120052 · issued May 29, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2000–2017
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 97 number 10-15 dated October 20, 2010. Sporadic fault memory entries are stored in various control modules. Contacts may be widened (over 0.63 mm) if incorrect pins or incorrect methods for current flow tests are used. Either action may cause intermittent electrical connections, which can cause sporadic DTCs to be stored in various control modules.

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.