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Service bulletin 9803

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 id603134
Published by NHTSA1999-02-03
Manufacturer's number9803
Manufacturer's date1998-10-13
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

CONDITION WITH INSUFFICIENT VEHICLE GROUND AT GROUND LOCATION 43. *YC

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

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
AUDI A81997, 1998, 1999
AUDI AUDI1996

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

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