Audi A3 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 17AUUSMaint1119 · NHTSA communication 10168778 · issued Nov 20, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017
model years
22
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Additional Maintenance Section: S-Tronic transmission - Change fluid every 40K miles: CHANGED models to: A3 e-tron, TT RS, RS 3, A4 2.0T, A4 allroad, and A6 2.0T FWD only S-Tronic transmission - Change fluid and filter element for clutch hydraulics every 40K miles: CHANGED models to: A3 Sedan and Cabriolet Non-B-cycle 2.0T, S3, TT, TTS, S5, S6, S7 4.0T, and R8 (4S) only ADDED: S-Tronic transmission - Change fluid every 80K miles: A3 Sedan 2.0T B-cycle, A3 Cabriolet 2.0T B-cycle only
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.