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Service bulletin 122-T5A2Z-05

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10138300
Published by NHTSA2018-05-21
Manufacturer's number122-T5A2Z-05
Manufacturer's date2018-04-16
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

Condition The remote key battery is discharged before it?s expected. Technical Background A manufacturing defect damages the key and causes the key battery to discharge prematurely. This damage cannot be repaired.

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

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
PORSCHE PANAMERA2018

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

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