Audi A3 2013–2025 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin A5124322068999_3 · NHTSA communication 11012492 · issued Dec 17, 2024

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Structure

component

2013–2025

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

This TSB provides information when there is cracked paintwork with corrosion at joint between roof and roof side member.

Vehicles covered

2015 Audi A3
2016 Audi A3
2017 Audi A3
2018 Audi A3
2019 Audi A3
2020 Audi A3
2022 Audi A3
2023 Audi A3
2024 Audi A3
2025 Audi A3
2015 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2016 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2017 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2018 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2019 Audi A3 Cabriolet
2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
2017 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
2018 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron
2017 Audi A4
2018 Audi A4
2019 Audi A4
2020 Audi A4
2021 Audi A4
2022 Audi A4
2023 Audi A4
2024 Audi A4
2017 Audi A4 Allroad
2018 Audi A4 Allroad
2019 Audi A4 Allroad
2020 Audi A4 Allroad
2021 Audi A4 Allroad
2022 Audi A4 Allroad
2023 Audi A4 Allroad
2024 Audi A4 Allroad
2018 Audi A5
2019 Audi A5
2020 Audi A5
2021 Audi A5
2022 Audi A5
2023 Audi A5
2024 Audi A5
2025 Audi A5
2018 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2019 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2020 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2021 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2022 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2023 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2024 Audi A5 Cabriolet
2018 Audi A5 Sportback
2019 Audi A5 Sportback
2020 Audi A5 Sportback
2021 Audi A5 Sportback
2022 Audi A5 Sportback
2023 Audi A5 Sportback
2024 Audi A5 Sportback
2013 Audi A6
2014 Audi A6
2015 Audi A6
2016 Audi A6

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.