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Service bulletin SB-07-0440

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10108942
Published by NHTSA2017-07-31
Manufacturer's numberSB-07-0440
Manufacturer's date2017-03-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Process if a Customer complains about six-speed manual transmission shift quality when cold.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE2005
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE COUPE2006 to 2010
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE COUPE2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE COUPE2014
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE COUPE2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE S2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
ASTON MARTIN V12 ZAGATO2012 to 2013
ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE2006 to 2008
ASTON MARTIN V8 VANTAGE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT82016 to 2017

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
SB-07-0434V22019-08-26. Service bulletin. Introduction to AMShift
SB-07-04012015-08-26. Service bulletin. ASTON MARTIN: DUE TO THE DIFFERENT CONNECTOR, ON SOME VEHICLES, CONNECTING CLUTCH FLUID SUPPLY TUBE TO TRANSMISSION, CAN FAIL, CAUSING LOSS OF CLUTCH FLUID AND INCORRECT OPERATION ON TRANSMISSION. MODEL V8 VANTAGE. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE
TSB-02-812009-03-06. Service bulletin. ASTON MARTIN: GEAR CHANGE CABLES ARE HELD INTO A BRACKET ABOVE THE TRANSAXLE BY SPRING LOADED SLEEVES. THE CABLES CAN COME OUT OF THE BRACKET, IF THIS HAPPENS SOME OF THE GEARS CAN NOT BE SELECTED. *PE