{"nhtsa_id":10228354,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-01-03","date":"2013-03-15","document_id":"01137720333561","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Water and road salt can corrode the exhaust flap shaft causing it to stick in open / closed position.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10228354-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10228354-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10228354","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A3","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_a3","2011_audi_a3","2012_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":[]}