# Service bulletin 30 13 18 2028229

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10210625
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-05\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 30 13 18 2028229
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-01\-13
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

There may be clutch mechanism wear. Customer may report that the vehicle does not start or only starts when the clutch pedal is pressed very firmly. The message ?Press clutch pedal to start vehicle? may appear in the instrument cluster.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210625-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210625-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2014 AUDI A4
- 2008 to 2014 AUDI A5
- 2009 to 2014 AUDI S4
- 2008 to 2014 AUDI S5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [37143920328127](/bulletins/10226499.md), 2022-11-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY. Hesitation concerns, harsh downshifts when braking, or harsh 1\-2 upshifts
- [37144820300075](/bulletins/10226490.md), 2022-11-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY. Customer may report harsh shift concerns; no faults are stored and concern is reproducible
- [35 14 16 2027363](/bulletins/10212689.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Drivability concerns, S tronic transmission
- [35 13 15 2030477](/bulletins/10212688.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Gearbox malfunction message in cluster.
- [35 13 13 2030477](/bulletins/10212687.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Gearbox malfunction message in cluster
- [35 13 10 2030477](/bulletins/10212684.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Gearbox malfunction message in cluster
- [34 13 14 2026719](/bulletins/10212680.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. 6th gear jumps out in 0B1/0B2 gearbox
- [30 13 18 2028229](/bulletins/10212677.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. Vehicle does not start or only starts when the clutch pedal is pressed very firmly
- [37 13 81 2021193](/bulletins/10210661.md), 2022-05-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\); POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Because of an unfavorable adjustment between engine and gearbox, vehicle can shudder under certain driving conditions when changing from second to first gear.
- [35 14 16 2027363](/bulletins/10210636.md), 2022-05-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. One or multiple transmission\-related concerns may be present, including:

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