{"nhtsa_id":10216642,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-08-01","date":"2013-07-24","document_id":"134020345501","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The instrument cluster is pre-programmed to allow a maximum service interval of 15,000 kilometers, and checks to see that this value is not exceeded. The US market uses a service interval of 10,000 miles, which is equal to 16,000 kilometers. Because this value is higher than the maximum allowed service interval, the discrepancy causes the DTC to set.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10216642-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10216642-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10216642","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"instrument-cluster","name":"Instrument cluster","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":["maintenance"],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A3","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_audi_a3","2012_audi_a3","2013_audi_a3"]}],"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":[]}