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Service bulletin A371882 2051685-

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 id10144639
Published by NHTSA2018-09-17
Manufacturer's numberA371882 2051685-
Manufacturer's date2018-06-27
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

This bulletin contains repair instructions for when DTC P179E00 is stored and the mechantronic unit and/or gear sensor G676 are being replaced.

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

Trouble codes named

P179E

Vehicles listed
AUDI RS52013, 2014, 2015
AUDI S42010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
AUDI S52013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
AUDI S5 CABRIOLET2010 to 2016
AUDI S62014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
AUDI S72014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

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