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Audi A3 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin Dealer Letter - · NHTSA communication 10118368 · issued Feb 26, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2016
model years
24
vehicle entries

Official summary

Effective immediately, the codes for the STP4 (2.0L TDI) and STP5 (3.0L TDI) actions will show the campaign code 23Q4 (2.0L TDI) and 23R8 (3.0L TDI) only on the Inventory Vehicle Open Campaign/Action Report. Elsa and ServiceNet will continue to display them as STP4 (2.0L TDI) and STP5 (3.0L TDI).

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.