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Audi A3 2005–2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB-94-09-14 · NHTSA communication 10030587 · issued May 19, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2005–2009
model years
11
vehicle entries

Official summary

Audi: there are two separate conditions that both occur in vehicles with bi-xenon, with or without adaptive lighting (afs): one xenon light on either side sporadically flickers or flashes and goes out. When headlamps are turned off and on again or at ignition cycle, the headlamps may function properly or exhibit the same behavior; one xenon light on one side fails permanently. *pe

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.