Audi A8 2017–2027 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 34-2026 · NHTSA communication 11036900 · issued Aug 21, 2026
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2017–2027
model years
49
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
- 2019 Audi A8
- 2020 Audi A8
- 2021 Audi A8
- 2022 Audi A8
- 2023 Audi A8
- 2024 Audi A8
- 2025 Audi A8
- 2026 Audi A8
- 2027 Audi A8 L
- 2017 Audi Q7
- 2018 Audi Q7
- 2019 Audi Q7
- 2020 Audi Q7
- 2021 Audi Q7
- 2022 Audi Q7
- 2023 Audi Q7
- 2024 Audi Q7
- 2025 Audi Q7
- 2026 Audi Q7
- 2027 Audi Q7
- 2019 Audi Q8
- 2020 Audi Q8
- 2021 Audi Q8
- 2022 Audi Q8
- 2023 Audi Q8
- 2024 Audi Q8
- 2025 Audi Q8
- 2026 Audi Q8
- 2027 Audi Q8
- 2021 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2022 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2023 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2024 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2025 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2026 Audi RS 6 Avant
- 2021 Audi RS 7
- 2022 Audi RS 7
- 2023 Audi RS 7
- 2024 Audi RS 7
- 2025 Audi RS 7
- 2026 Audi RS 7
- 2020 Audi RS Q8
- 2021 Audi RS Q8
- 2022 Audi RS Q8
- 2023 Audi RS Q8
- 2024 Audi RS Q8
- 2025 Audi RS Q8
- 2026 Audi RS Q8
- 2027 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.