Audi A3 2016–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 38-2022 · NHTSA communication 10211916 · issued May 3, 2022
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2022
model years
38
vehicle entries
Official summary
This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
Vehicles covered
- 2022 Audi A3
- 2016 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A4
- 2018 Audi A4
- 2019 Audi A4
- 2020 Audi A4
- 2021 Audi A4
- 2022 Audi A4
- 2017 Audi A5
- 2018 Audi A5
- 2019 Audi A5
- 2020 Audi A5
- 2021 Audi A5
- 2022 Audi A5
- 2019 Audi Q3
- 2020 Audi Q3
- 2021 Audi Q3
- 2022 Audi Q3
- 2017 Audi Q5
- 2018 Audi Q5
- 2019 Audi Q5
- 2020 Audi Q5
- 2021 Audi Q5
- 2022 Audi Q5 Sportback
- 2016 Audi Q7
- 2017 Audi Q7
- 2018 Audi Q7
- 2019 Audi Q7
- 2020 Audi Q7
- 2021 Audi Q7
- 2022 Audi Q7
- 2019 Audi Q8
- 2020 Audi Q8
- 2021 Audi Q8
- 2022 Audi Q8
- 2020 Audi RS Q8
- 2021 Audi RS Q8
- 2022 Audi RS Q8
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.