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Audi A3 Cabriolet 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin Audi MY 2018 201 · NHTSA communication 10155686 · issued Jan 16, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
24
vehicle entries

Official summary

ADDED to footnote (b at the end of the chart: "If vehicle has a top speed of 174 mph, it has the Dynamic Plus Package which can be identified by PR Code PAB" - A3 2.0L, S3 2.0L, RS 3 2.5L, A3 Cabriolet 2.0L, A3 e-tron Sportback 1.4L, A4 2.0L (190 hp), A4 2.0L (252 hp), S4 3.0L, A4 allroad 2.0L, A5 Cabriolet 2.0L, S5 Cabriolet 3.0L, A5 Coupe 2.0L, S5 Coupe 3.0L, A5 Sportback 2.0L, S5 Sportback 3.0L, RS 5 2.9L, A6 2.0L, A6 3.0L, S6 4.0L, A7 3.0L, S7 4.0L, RS7 4.0L (560 hp), RS7 4.0L (performance 605 hp), A8 3.0L, A8L 3.0L, A8 4.0L, A8L 4.0L, S8 4.0L, S8 Plus 4.0L, Q3 2.0L, Q5 2.0L, SQ5 3.0L, Q7

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.