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Audi A3 Cabriolet 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin A931708 2049391 · NHTSA communication 10133378 · issued Nov 14, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin contains a software update when the vehicle does not start and the message "Drive: system error. Safely turn off vehicle" appears in the instrument cluster.

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.