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Audi A3 2010–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin A871567 2041717- · NHTSA communication 10128408 · issued Aug 19, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2010–2017
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customer may report poor performance of A/C system or that the A/C system is inoperative. Any replacement of A/C compressors must include an ODIS GFF test plan confirming a malfunction of the A/C system with documentation of the recovered refrigerant volume.

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.