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Audi A3 Cabriolet 2015–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin A911527 2038073- · NHTSA communication 10123668 · issued Dec 9, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2018
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 91 number 14-57 dated August 11, 2014. The infotainment system cannot be switched on. The infotainment system cannot be reset. The infotainment system cannot be operated via control panel and steering wheel buttons. The infotainment system screen is sporadically blank. DTC U111000 (Function restriction due to communication interruption) in the instrument cluster control module, J285 (address word 17). DTC U006500 (Infotainment CAN - no communication) in the gateway control module, J533 (address word 19). The grey 12-pin flat contact lock is not corre

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.