Service bulletin TSB-94-14-56

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10056905
Published by NHTSA	2015-03-11
Manufacturer's number	TSB-94-14-56
Manufacturer's date	2014-10-16
NHTSA component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ILLUMINATION IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF HEADLIGHT SYSTEM WARNING DUE TO INOPERATIVE INTERNAL COOLING FAN IN HEADLIGHT, ON ONE SIDE, DRL INOPERATIVE AND THE LOW BEAMS ON ONE SIDE IS INOPERATIVE. 2010-13 A8. *PE

The document

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Components

Lighting, Headlights

Vehicles listed
AUDI A8	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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

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