# Service bulletin SM 38\-2020

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10176939
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-07\-07
- Manufacturer's number: SM 38\-2020
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-06\-25
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; SERVICE BRAKES

## NHTSA's summary

This special notice is to inform dealers to return the part number listed and only order the superseded part number going forward.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176939-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10176939-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Brakes, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2020 AUDI A3 ETRON
- 2019 AUDI E\-TRON
- 2020 AUDI E\-TRON

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2026187](/recalls/tc/2026187.md), 2026-04-15: Brakes
- [2024670](/recalls/tc/2024670.md), 2024-11-04: Brakes
- [2024484](/recalls/tc/2024484.md), 2024-08-19: Brakes
- [24V621000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V621000.md), 2024-08-19: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
- [2023659](/recalls/tc/2023659.md), 2023-12-13: Accessories

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\_2069904\_2](/bulletins/11025369.md), 2025-11-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information for all models regarding brake sounds.
- [TSB\_2075120\_2](/bulletins/11025342.md), 2025-11-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information regarding the general approach for all Audi vehicles regarding brake vibrations.
- [TSB\_2072304\_3](/bulletins/11025336.md), 2025-11-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information when there is an ABS/ESC speed sensor implausible signal.
- [TSB\_2069078\_3](/bulletins/11025333.md), 2025-11-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information on the zirconium insercts in the brake piston \(ceramic brakes only\).
- [TSB\_2067132\_3](/bulletins/11025330.md), 2025-11-08, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information when there is corrosion on the friction survace of steel brake discs.
- [A4624592069078\_2](/bulletins/11009356.md), 2024-10-28, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides informaion regarding zirconium inserts in the bake piston for vehicle equipped with ceramic brakes.
- [A4524512061908\_5](/bulletins/11009353.md), 2024-10-28, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information when there are warning messages in instrument cluster, DTC P060C00 or DTC C051F00 are stored in the electric drive or ABS modules.
- [A4524492075120\_1](/bulletins/11009351.md), 2024-10-28, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provides information regarding the general approach to brakes rubbing.
- [A4524452072977\_3](/bulletins/11005891.md), 2024-08-06, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES. This bulletin provide sinformation when the ABS/ESC Control unit cannot be reached; DTC U012100 "ABS Control Module no communication."
- [A9124992073629\_1](/bulletins/10253289.md), 2024-05-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. This bulletin provides information when the Apple CarPlay connection is dropped repeatedly in short intervals.

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