The recall covers nearly 80,000 cars in need of revised software to control the side marker lights.
Audi will offer a redesigned manual transmission with its 2017 A4 Quattro all-wheel-drive sedan that it says would be the only luxury sedan with that particular pairing.
Audi will offer the 2017 A4 Ultra as a higher-efficiency model that improves highway fuel economy by more than 19% over the outgoing A4 entry luxury sedan.
Technology bubbles to the surface of Audi's redesign of its entry luxury A4 for 2017 for a vehicle whose use in sales fleets has been mostly concentrated in the pharmaceutical industry.
Audi has released retail pricing for its 2017 model-year lineup, including significantly redesigned versions of the A4 entry-luxury sedan and Q7 luxury SUV.
Audi is launching 20 new or refreshed models in 2016 with a tilt toward SUVs and crossovers, including its Q2 compact SUV arriving in November, Audi's CEO told shareholders on May 12.
Audi's redesigned A4 entry luxury sedan will arrive in the spring with significant weight savings from the outgoing model and a reworked 2.0L 4-cylinder that cuts fuel use and increases power.
Audi will add a fifth diesel-powered passenger car to its U.S. lineup when it introduces the A4 TDI with the 2017 model year, bringing a TDI model to its top seller.
Audi has developed a 2.0 four-cylinder TSFI engine for its next-generation A4 sedan that uses an innovative combustion method to increase efficiency, the automaker has announced.
SUV registrations among luxury commercial fleet vehicles increased between 2009 and 2013, according to analysis of R.L. Polk data.