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Audi A5 2009–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin A011681 2033001- · NHTSA communication 10127994 · issued Oct 13, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2013
model years
20
vehicle entries

Official summary

This bulletin provides instructions on how to clean the secondary air ports if they have too much carbon and cause a restriction.

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.