# Service bulletin TSB\-44\-08\-14

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10027923
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-02\-21
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-44\-08\-14
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-11\-19
- NHTSA component: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

## NHTSA's summary

AUDI: WHEEL BOLTS REQUIRE TORQUE ADJUSTMENT. TORQUE STICKS AND TORQUE EXTENSION BARS ARE NOT APPROVED BY AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. AND SHOULD NOT BE USED TO APPLY TORQUE TO WHEEL BOLTS. ALL AUDI MODELS INCLUDED. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Wheels, Wheel nuts and studs

## Vehicles listed

- 1995 to 1998 AUDI 100
- 2001 AUDI 100
- 1995 AUDI 80
- 1995 AUDI 90
- 1996 to 2000 AUDI 90
- 1997 to 2005 AUDI A3
- 2006 to 2009 AUDI A3
- 1995 AUDI A4
- 1996 to 2009 AUDI A4
- 2008 to 2009 AUDI A5
- 1995 to 2009 AUDI A6
- 2009 AUDI A7
- 1995 to 1996 AUDI A8
- 1997 to 2009 AUDI A8
- 1998 to 2000 AUDI ALLROAD
- 2001 to 2005 AUDI ALLROAD
- 1995 to 2003 AUDI AUDI
- 1995 to 1998 AUDI CABRIOLET
- 1999 to 2003 AUDI CABRIOLET
- 2001 AUDI MPV
- 2006 AUDI Q7
- 2007 to 2009 AUDI Q7
- 1995 to 2003 AUDI QUATTRO
- 2008 to 2009 AUDI R8
- 2007 to 2008 AUDI RS 4
- 2009 AUDI RS4
- 2003 AUDI RS6
- 2000 to 2001 AUDI S3
- 1995 to 1996 AUDI S4
- 2000 to 2002 AUDI S4
- 2003 AUDI S4
- 2004 to 2007 AUDI S4
- 2008 AUDI S5
- 1995 to 1997 AUDI S6
- 1998 to 2001 AUDI S6
- 2002 to 2003 AUDI S6
- 2004 AUDI S6
- 2007 to 2008 AUDI S6
- 2001 AUDI S8
- 2007 to 2009 AUDI S8
- 1999 AUDI TT
- 2000 to 2006 AUDI TT
- 2007 AUDI TT
- 2008 to 2009 AUDI TT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Campaign Circula](/bulletins/10124024.md), 2017-11-17, Service bulletin: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS; WHEELS. The owner's manual installed into affected vehicles during production contains incorrect wheel bolt tightening torque values. However, all dealer service documentation was correctly published. Any wheel service performed at an authorized Audi dealer would have been performed to the correct tightening torque specifications.
- [A441346 2010334\-](/bulletins/10121408.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS; WHEELS. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 44 number 12\-32 dated August 2, 2012. Wheel bolt requires torque adjustment. Torque sticks, torque extension bars, and impact guns/wrenches are not approved by Audi of America, Inc., and should not be used to apply torque to wheel bolts. Always use a calibrated torque wrench to attain the correct wheel bolt torque and follow the proper wheel tightening procedure as outlined in Elsa. Proper use of a calibrated torque wrench ensures that all wheel bolts are tightened equally and reduces the chances of repeat repairs. Using methods other than a calibrated torque wrench to attain correct wheel bolt torque may lead to problems.

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