Audi A3 2009–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A481564 2021189- · NHTSA communication 10120700 · issued Feb 26, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2009–2013
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 48 number 13-37 dated February 28, 2013. Steering feels stiff after engine start on vehicles with generation 3 steering. DTCs may be stored in the power steering control module.
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.