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Service bulletin A0021472031473_3

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 id10198246
Published by NHTSA2021-07-02
Manufacturer's numberA0021472031473_3
Manufacturer's date2021-06-23
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; STRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

This information bulletin states to remove the car wash bristle and advise the customer to go somewhere else to prevent it from occurring again.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals, Lighting, Headlights

Vehicles listed
AUDI A32011, 2012, 2013
AUDI A32014
AUDI A32015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
AUDI A32021
AUDI A32022
AUDI A3 ETRON2015
AUDI A3 SPORTBACK E-TRON2016 to 2018
AUDI A42011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI A52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2011 to 2021
AUDI A62011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI A6 ALLROAD2020, 2021
AUDI A72011
AUDI A72012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI A7 E2021, 2022
AUDI A82011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
AUDI A82021 to 2023
AUDI A8 L E2021
AUDI ALLROAD2011 to 2021
AUDI AUDI
AUDI E-TRON2019
AUDI E-TRON2020
AUDI E-TRON2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI Q32015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
AUDI Q52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK2022 to 2023
AUDI Q72011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
AUDI Q72016
AUDI Q72017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI Q82019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI R82011, 2012
AUDI R82014, 2015
AUDI R82017, 2018
AUDI R82020, 2021, 2022
AUDI RS 32017, 2018, 2019, 2020
AUDI RS 32022
AUDI RS 52019
AUDI RS 52021, 2022, 2023
AUDI RS 5 CABRIOLET2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
AUDI RS 6 AVANT2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI RS 72016, 2017, 2018
AUDI RS 72021, 2022, 2023
AUDI RS Q82020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI RS32021
AUDI RS52011 to 2012
AUDI RS52013, 2014, 2015
AUDI RS52016 to 2017
AUDI RS5 CABRIOLET2016 to 2017
AUDI RS62016 to 2018
AUDI RS62020
AUDI S32015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
AUDI S32021
AUDI S32022
AUDI S42011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
AUDI S42018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI S52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI S5 CABRIOLET2015 to 2021
AUDI S62011
AUDI S62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
AUDI S62019
AUDI S62020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI S72016, 2017, 2018
AUDI S72021, 2022, 2023
AUDI S82013, 2014, 2015, 2016
AUDI S82020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI SQ52018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI SQ72020, 2021, 2022
AUDI SQ82020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AUDI TT2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
AUDI TT RS2013
AUDI TT RS2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
AUDI TT RS2023
AUDI TTS2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

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

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