Audi A3 2015–2025 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_2043424_20 · NHTSA communication 11035799 · issued Jul 23, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2015–2025
model years
43
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin provides information when there are creaking/squeakignnoises from the front end on uneven roads.
Vehicles covered
- 2015 Audi A3
- 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
- 2015 Audi A3 Cabriolet
- 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
- 2019 Audi Q3
- 2020 Audi Q3
- 2021 Audi Q3
- 2022 Audi Q3
- 2023 Audi Q3
- 2024 Audi Q3
- 2025 Audi Q3
- 2017 Audi RS 3
- 2018 Audi RS 3
- 2019 Audi RS 3
- 2020 Audi RS 3
- 2022 Audi RS 3
- 2023 Audi RS 3
- 2024 Audi RS 3
- 2025 Audi RS 3
- 2015 Audi S3
- 2016 Audi S3
- 2017 Audi S3
- 2018 Audi S3
- 2019 Audi S3
- 2020 Audi S3
- 2022 Audi S3
- 2023 Audi S3
- 2024 Audi S3
- 2025 Audi S3
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.