Audi A3 Cabriolet 2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A571510 2040239- · NHTSA communication 10120038 · issued May 20, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 15-09 dated April 16, 2015. The message "Is key in the vehicle?" is displayed in the information panel even though the key is in the vehicle. This condition occurs intermittently in vehicles with Audi advanced key. This condition is a result of incorrect parameterization programmed into the B7 access start module from the factory. Because of the incorrect parameters, the access start module does not wait long enough for the remote key to respond to a location request. As a result, the module does not see the remote key and the message is di
Vehicles covered
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.