{"nhtsa_id":10121428,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-31","date":"2013-12-18","document_id":"AVT-13-23","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"We are aware that many non-functioning VAS 5054A Transmitter Heads submitted for warranty replacement are genuine devices that exhibit physical damage, tampering, damaged OBDII /USB connections, or are non-genuine devices*. VAS 5054A Transmitter Heads contain no user-serviceable parts! Any non-functioning 5054A submitted for warranty replacements that are determined to have physical damage, tampering or are non-genuine devices*, are not eligible for replacement. The cost to replace damaged or non-genuine devices submitted for warranty replacement must be assumed by the dealer.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121428-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121428-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10121428","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"AUDI","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}