Service bulletin TSB-37-12-60

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10047181
Published by NHTSA	2012-11-09
Manufacturer's number	TSB-37-12-60
Manufacturer's date	2012-08-06
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL); STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: INFORMATION PERTAINING TO GEARBOX MALFUNCTION WHERE CORROSION ON PINS MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH AND COUNTERPART LEADS TO IMPLAUSIBLE SIGNALS AND UNABLE TO SELECT GEARS. MODEL 2011-2012 Q7. *PE

The document

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Components

Steering, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Steering gear

Vehicles listed
AUDI Q7	2011, 2012

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

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