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Service bulletin TSB-80-13-04

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10053889
Published by NHTSA2013-12-02
Manufacturer's numberTSB-80-13-04
Manufacturer's date2013-08-09
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: PRESENCE OF COOLANT LOSS INSIDE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, CAUSES ENGINE WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND TEMPERATURE OF ENGINE TO ELEVATE AND FAILURE OF CLIMATE SYSTEM HEATING PERFORMANCE. MODEL 2010-2012 A6, A7, A8, Q7, A5 CABRIOLET, TT, A4, Q5. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine, Cooling system

Vehicles listed
AUDI A4 ALLROAD2013
AUDI A4 AVANT2012
AUDI A52012, 2013
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2012 to 2013
AUDI A62012, 2013
AUDI A72012, 2013
AUDI A82012, 2013
AUDI Q52012, 2013
AUDI Q72011, 2012, 2013
AUDI TT ROADSTER2012 to 2013

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
18V2290002018-04-11. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
17V0020002017-01-03. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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