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Audi A3 2010–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin A9619432056019_1 · NHTSA communication 10164489 · issued Aug 30, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2010–2020
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin contains instructions for when the anti-theft alarm went off for no reason or did not go off. Includes A3 Cabriolet 2015-2020, 2010-2020 A4 Allroad, 2018-2020 A5 Sportback, RS5 Cabriolet 2010-2012 and 2018-2020, 2018-2020 S5 Sportback, 2010-2011 S7, 2010 S8, 2019-2020 e-tron Quattro.

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.