Audi A3 2012–2017 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin A871570 2041717- · NHTSA communication 10123771 · issued Sep 24, 2015

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2012–2017

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 87 number 15-67 dated August 19, 2015. This bulletin applies to any repair that requires replacement of the air conditioning compressor. Any replacement of A/C compressors?regardless of the reason for failure?must include an ODIS GFF cooling performance test plan of the A/C system with documentation of the recovered refrigerant volume. This GFF test plan requirement is mandatory without exception.

Vehicles covered

2012 Audi A3
2013 Audi A3
2015 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2016 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2017 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
2017 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
2013 Audi A4 Allroad
2014 Audi A4 Allroad
2015 Audi A4 Allroad
2016 Audi A4 Allroad
2017 Audi A4 Allroad
2012 Audi A4 Avant
2012 Audi A5
2013 Audi A5
2014 Audi A5
2015 Audi A5
2016 Audi A5
2017 Audi A5
2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2013 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2014 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2015 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2016 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2017 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2012 Audi A6
2013 Audi A6
2014 Audi A6
2015 Audi A6
2016 Audi A6
2017 Audi A6
2012 Audi A7
2013 Audi A7
2014 Audi A7
2015 Audi A7
2016 Audi A7
2017 Audi A7
2012 Audi A8
2013 Audi A8
2014 Audi A8
2015 Audi A8
2016 Audi A8
2017 Audi A8
2013 Audi Allroad
2014 Audi Allroad
2015 Audi Allroad
2016 Audi Allroad
2017 Audi Allroad
2015 Audi Q3
2016 Audi Q3
2017 Audi Q3
2012 Audi Q5
2013 Audi Q5
2014 Audi Q5
2015 Audi Q5
2016 Audi Q5
2017 Audi Q5
2012 Audi Q7
2013 Audi Q7
2014 Audi Q7

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.