Audi A6 2005–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A571401 2031413- · NHTSA communication 10122471 · issued May 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2005–2015
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 12-78 dated October 26, 2012. The seat memory does not work. The MMI displays a message that the memory function is not active. The seat memory control unit can be deactivated due to voltage fluctuations in the vehicle?s power system, or from a large static discharge through the seat cover. If the seat memory control unit is deactivated due to either of these influences, the control unit cannot be reactivated through any vehicle controls, vehicle keys, or through the normal GFF test plans. It can only be reactivated with special test plans
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.