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Service bulletin TSB-48-12-33

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 id10047739
Published by NHTSA2012-12-06
Manufacturer's numberTSB-48-12-33
Manufacturer's date2012-10-22
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: UNIT CAN NOT BE CODED AFTER REPLACING ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING CONTROL UNITS (J500) VIA SVM SPEC/ACTUAL. MODELS 2011-2013 A4, A5, A5 CABRIOLET, A6, A7. *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

Steering

Vehicles listed
AUDI A4 ALLROAD2013
AUDI A52013
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2013
AUDI A62011, 2012, 2013
AUDI A72011
AUDI A72012, 2013

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB_2074846_52026-10-05. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information about vibrations and rotational steering vibrations.
TSB_2074846_42026-02-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information about vibrations and rotational steering vibrations.
TSB_2074846_32025-11-08. Service bulletin. This TSB provides information regarding rotational and other steerihng wheel vibrations.
A4424082074846_22024-10-28. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information when there are vibrations and rotational steering wheel vibrations.
A9424742073332_12024-04-04. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information if there is noise when steering the vehicle.
A4824612034351_12024-03-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin contains repair information for when there is a creaking/squeaking from the steering column when steering slowly.
A4824602073033_12024-03-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information for when the steering column adjustment does not work.
441447203027572024-03-04. Service bulletin. Alignment - Repair Authorization
441344202256382024-03-04. Service bulletin. Steering wheel shimmy, vibration and/or oscillation
441340202777952024-03-04. Service bulletin. Steering rack control unit cannot be coded