Audi A3 2015–2026 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 45-2025 · NHTSA communication 11022719 · issued Aug 25, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2026
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.
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
- 2026 Audi A3
- 2025 Audi A6 Sportback E-Tron
- 2019 Audi E-Tron
- 2021 Audi E-Tron
- 2022 Audi E-Tron
- 2023 Audi E-Tron
- 2022 Audi E-Tron GT
- 2023 Audi E-Tron GT
- 2024 Audi E-Tron GT
- 2025 Audi E-Tron GT
- 2026 Audi E-Tron GT
- 2019 Audi Q3
- 2020 Audi Q3
- 2021 Audi Q3
- 2022 Audi Q3
- 2023 Audi Q3
- 2024 Audi Q3
- 2025 Audi Q3
- 2026 Audi Q3
- 2022 Audi Q4 E-Tron
- 2023 Audi Q4 E-Tron
- 2024 Audi Q4 E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron
- 2026 Audi Q4 E-Tron
- 2022 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron
- 2023 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron
- 2024 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron
- 2026 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron
- 2026 Audi Q6 E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-Tron
- 2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron
- 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron
- 2026 Audi Q8 E-Tron
- 2022 Audi RS 3
- 2023 Audi RS 3
- 2024 Audi RS 3
- 2025 Audi RS 3
- 2026 Audi RS 3
- 2019 Volkswagen Arteon
- 2020 Volkswagen Arteon
- 2021 Volkswagen Arteon
- 2022 Volkswagen Arteon
- 2023 Volkswagen Arteon
- 2015 Volkswagen E-Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen E-Golf
- 2017 Volkswagen E-Golf
- 2018 Volkswagen E-Golf
- 2019 Volkswagen E-Golf
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.