Service bulletin TSB-34-13-17

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10054867
Published by NHTSA	2014-03-07
Manufacturer's number	TSB-34-13-17
Manufacturer's date	2013-09-20
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER AND THE GEAR DISPLAY WOULD BE ILLUMINATING IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, AND DRAG TORQUE RECOGNIZES THE CLUTCH AS TOO HIGH ON THE TCM. MODEL 2009-2010 A3, TT. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Instrument cluster, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
AUDI A3	2009, 2010
AUDI TT	2009, 2010

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
09V333000	2009-08-20. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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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