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Service bulletin TSB-44-13-46

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 id10054859
Published by NHTSA2014-03-06
Manufacturer's numberTSB-44-13-46
Manufacturer's date2013-12-09
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, USE CALIBRATED TORQUE WRENCH AND NOT TORQUE STICKS, TORQUE EXTENSION BARS AND IMPACT GUNS/WRENCHES NOT APPROVED FOR USAGE ON WHEEL BOLTS BY MANUFACTURER, THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO BRAKE, STEERING WHEEL, HUB. MODEL 1995-2014 ALL. *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

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
AUDI 1001995 to 1998
AUDI 1002001
AUDI 801995
AUDI 901995
AUDI 901996 to 2000
AUDI A31997 to 2005
AUDI A32006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
AUDI A41995
AUDI A41996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
AUDI A4 ALLROAD2013, 2014
AUDI A4 AVANT2011 to 2012
AUDI A52008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI A5 CABRIOLET2010 to 2013
AUDI A61995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI A72009 to 2011
AUDI A72012, 2013, 2014
AUDI A81995 to 1996
AUDI A81997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI ALLROAD1998 to 2000
AUDI ALLROAD2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
AUDI ALLROAD2013 to 2014
AUDI B82008 to 2013
AUDI C62008 to 2013
AUDI C72008 to 2013
AUDI D32008 to 2013
AUDI D42008 to 2013
AUDI Q52009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI Q5 HYBRID2014
AUDI Q72006
AUDI Q72007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI R82008, 2009, 2010
AUDI R82013
AUDI R8 GT SPYDER2012
AUDI R8 SPYDER2011
AUDI R8 SPYDER2014
AUDI RS 42007, 2008
AUDI RS 52013, 2014
AUDI RS 72014
AUDI RS42009
AUDI RS62003, 2004
AUDI RS62005 to 2008
AUDI S32000 to 2001
AUDI S41995 to 1996
AUDI S42000, 2001, 2002
AUDI S42003
AUDI S42004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI S52008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
AUDI S61995, 1996, 1997
AUDI S61998 to 2001
AUDI S62002, 2003
AUDI S62004
AUDI S62007, 2008, 2009, 2010
AUDI S62013, 2014
AUDI S72013, 2014
AUDI S82001
AUDI S82007, 2008, 2009
AUDI S82013, 2014
AUDI TT1999
AUDI TT2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
AUDI TT2007
AUDI TT2008, 2009, 2010
AUDI TT ROADSTER2011 to 2014
AUDI TTS2014

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

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A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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