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Service bulletins for the 2012 Audi A8

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.

1107 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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A5722002022032102023-01-06. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK. This technical service bulletin provides troubleshooting information for the vehicle locking system.
A5721752022032_92021-05-06. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This technical service bulletin provides troubleshooting information for the vehicle locking system.
A571954 202203282019-04-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. This technical service bulletin provides troubleshooting information for the vehicle locking system.
A961721 2048927-2018-04-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. This informational bulletin contains instructions for minimizing the risk of an unintentional opening of the trunk lid with the remote.
A571512 2028207-2018-02-05. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 12-62 dated January 9, 2012. The trunk cannot be unlocked with the button on the remote, with the button in the driver?s door panel, or with the handle on the lid of the trunk. Vehicles have a ?VALET? button in the glove box that activates the valet parking feature, which prevents unauthorized access to the trunk. When the valet parking feature is activated, the trunk can only be opened mechanically with the key.
A571404 2027368-2017-12-05. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 13-86 dated March 20, 2013. The exterior door handle touch sensors (Audi advanced key) are inoperative on one or several doors. The key blade can be used mechanically (driver door or trunk) or remote electrically (key remote buttons) to unlock and lock the vehicle.
A571382 2017082-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 11-55 dated August 22, 2011. Central locking via remote control does not work either sporadically or permanently. The locks can still be operated manually. Missing synchronization between the remote control key and vehicle because the battery has been disconnected or the battery of the remote control has been replaced. If other senders operate in the same frequency range (mobile phones, TV stations, wireless headphones, baby monitors, other vehicle remote controls, etc.), the remote control key may have been temporarily switched off because a clear identification of the remote control key is not possible. This is necessary to prevent an unintentional unlocking of the vehicle by other unrelated senders.
A551328 2031273-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 12-26 dated October 23, 2012. The movement-activated rear lid opening (also known as "Hands-free trunk release") sporadically is inoperative. This feature is installed on all A8 vehicles with Audi advanced key (PR No. 4I3) from CW 45/2011 production.
A551329 2031273-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 13-28 dated February 27, 2013. The movement-activated rear lid opening (also known as "Hands-free trunk release") sporadically is inoperative. This feature is installed on all A8 vehicles with Audi advanced key (PR No. 4I3) from CW 45/2011 production.
A571385 2017082-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 13-82 dated February 5, 2013. Central locking via remote control does not work either sporadically or permanently. The locks can still be operated manually. Missing synchronization between the remote control key and vehicle because the battery has been disconnected or the battery of the remote control has been replaced. If other senders operate in the same frequency range (mobile phones, TV stations, wireless headphones, baby monitors, other vehicle remote controls, etc.), the remote control key may have been temporarily switched off because a clear identification of the remote control key is not possible. This is necessary to prevent an unintentional unlocking of the vehicle by other unrelated senders.
A571386 2027368-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 12-73 dated September 24, 2012. The exterior door handle touch sensors (Advanced key) are inoperative on one or several doors. The key blade can be used mechanically (driver door or trunk) or remote electrically (key remote buttons) to unlock and lock the vehicle.
A571387 2029151-2017-11-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 57 number 12-80 dated November 9, 2012. The door cannot be opened from outside with the outer door handle, but it can be opened with the inner handle. The complaint is often described as follows: The customer locks the vehicle and checks by pulling the door handle whether the vehicle is locked. When opening the vehicle again, the door cannot be opened. It feels as if the handle is slack.
A551434 2031273-2017-11-08. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 13-29 dated March 29, 2013. The movement-activated rear lid opening (also known as "Hands-free trunk release") is sporadically inoperative.
A551537 2031273-2017-10-21. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK; STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 55 number 14-34 dated March 21, 2014. The movement-activated rear lid opening (also known as "Hands-free trunk release") is sporadically inoperative. This feature is installed on the A6/A7 from CW 22/2013 production and the A8 from CW 45/2011 production with Audi advanced key (PR No. 4I3).
SB-2031273/22016-05-23. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-2031273/12016-05-23. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
57-13-892013-07-16. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. AUDI: SOME VEHICLES, IN COLD WEATHER, OCCASIONALLY, CANNOT BE UNLOCKED USING THE DOOR HANDLE TOUCH SENSOR. ALSO INCLDED ARE MODEL A4 MY 2014, MODEL A5 CABRIOLET MY 2014, MODEL Q5 MY 2014, MODEL RS5 CABRIOLET MY 2014, AND MODEL S5 CABRIOLET MY 2011-2014. *JS

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.