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Audi A3 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin 149120288422 · NHTSA communication 10216628 · issued Sep 10, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2009–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer vehicle is fitted with unauthorized ECM tuning.

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.