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Audi A3 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin AWC 18-14 · NHTSA communication 10153602 · issued Dec 17, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2016
model years
25
vehicle entries

Official summary

This communication notifies dealers that AWC 17-34 was modified to remove 2.0L vehicles and apply to 3.0L vehicles only.

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.