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Service bulletin TSB-37-12-38

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10043576
Published by NHTSA2012-04-11
Manufacturer's numberTSB-37-12-38
Manufacturer's date2012-02-22
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: VEHICLE HAVE ISSUES WITH IGNITION KEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION; VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION BUT UNABLE TO MOVE SHIFTER; ENGINE SWITCHED OFF BUT REMOTE CONTROL CAN NOT LOCK WITH ADVANCED KEY; PARK IS NOT RECOGNIZED ELECTRICALLY. *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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Ignition

Vehicles listed
AUDI A42009, 2010
AUDI A4 AVANT2011 to 2012
AUDI A52008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2009
AUDI A62009, 2010, 2011, 2012
AUDI A72009
AUDI A72011
AUDI A72012
AUDI Q52009, 2010, 2011, 2012
AUDI Q72009, 2010, 2011
AUDI S42010, 2011, 2012
AUDI S52008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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