# Service bulletin 37 13 81 2021193

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: 10210661
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-05\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 37 13 81 2021193
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-01\-16
- NHTSA component: ENGINE; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\); POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

Because of an unfavorable adjustment between engine and gearbox, vehicle can shudder under certain driving conditions when changing from second to first gear.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210661-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210661-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Engine, Steering, Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission, Steering gear

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 AUDI A4
- 2009 AUDI A5
- 2009 AUDI S5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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
- [30 13 18 2028229](/bulletins/10210625.md), 2022-05-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 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.
- [TSB\-37\-13\-09](/bulletins/10053883.md), 2013-12-02, Service bulletin: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). AUDI: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE CLUTCHES, AFTER HAVING TORQUE CONVERTER, COMPLETE GEARBOX REPLACEMENT OR MECHATRONICS, MUST ADAPT TO NEW COMPONENTS WITH GRADUAL MOVING OF CLUTCH LININGS IN MOST DIVERSE LOAD CONDITIONS. MODELS 2004\-14, A3, TT, Q7, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, S4, S5, S6, S7, RS5. \*PE
- [TSB\-34\-12\-08](/bulletins/10043562.md), 2012-04-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AUDI: WHEN VEHICLE IS AT CONSTANT SPEED OR IS ACCELERATING, FROM THE FRONT CAN HEARD CONSTANT HOWLING, OR DRONING, OR A SCRAPING NOISE. \*PE
- [TSB\-30\-11\-11](/bulletins/10043316.md), 2012-03-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AUDI: WHEN PRESSING FIRMLY ON CLUTCH PEDAL, CERTAIN MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY OR MAY START. \*PE

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