Audi Q3 2015–2026 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 55-2025 · NHTSA communication 11025426 · issued Oct 24, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2015–2026
model years
25
vehicle entries
Official summary
This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
Vehicles covered
- 2019 Audi Q3
- 2020 Audi Q3
- 2021 Audi Q3
- 2022 Audi Q3
- 2023 Audi Q3
- 2024 Audi Q3
- 2025 Audi Q3
- 2026 Audi Q3
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2017 Volkswagen Passat
- 2018 Volkswagen Passat
- 2019 Volkswagen Passat
- 2020 Volkswagen Passat
- 2021 Volkswagen Passat
- 2022 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2023 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2024 Volkswagen Tiguan
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.