Audi A3 2016–2026 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_2053869_6 · NHTSA communication 11025241 · issued Oct 1, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2016–2026
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin addresses complaints about the heated steering wheel, DTC B145504.
Vehicles covered
- 2016 Audi A3
- 2017 Audi A3
- 2018 Audi A3
- 2019 Audi A3
- 2020 Audi A3
- 2022 Audi A3
- 2023 Audi A3
- 2024 Audi A3
- 2025 Audi A3
- 2016 Audi A3 Cabriolet
- 2017 Audi A3 Cabriolet
- 2018 Audi A3 Cabriolet
- 2019 Audi A3 Cabriolet
- 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
- 2017 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
- 2018 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
- 2016 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A4
- 2018 Audi A4
- 2019 Audi A4
- 2020 Audi A4
- 2021 Audi A4
- 2022 Audi A4
- 2023 Audi A4
- 2024 Audi A4
- 2025 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2018 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2019 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2020 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2021 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2022 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2023 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2024 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2025 Audi A4 Allroad
- 2016 Audi A5
- 2017 Audi A5
- 2018 Audi A5
- 2019 Audi A5
- 2020 Audi A5
- 2021 Audi A5
- 2022 Audi A5
- 2023 Audi A5
- 2024 Audi A5
- 2016 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2017 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2018 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2019 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2020 Audi A5 Cabriolet
- 2018 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2019 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2020 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2021 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2022 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2023 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2024 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2025 Audi A5 Sportback
- 2016 Audi A6
- 2017 Audi A6
- 2018 Audi A6
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.