Service bulletins for the 2009 Audi S4
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.
226 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 3712672028053 | 2024-02-20. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). TCM software update for downshift concerns |
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| Edition89 | 2023-02-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. ElsaPro Software update and technical bulletins |
| 001465201173210 | 2023-01-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) details the general process for carrying out a Software Version Management (SVM) software update for any TSB or Update. |
| A371267 2028053- | 2017-11-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 37 number 11 ? 31 dated December 1, 2011. Customer may report downshifts not smooth when slowing the vehicle. Improved software introduced after production that reduces complaints with shifting characteristics. Improved viscosity of ATF lessens clutch grab during clutch activation. Optimized ATF (blue) introduced gradually in production years 2005 and 2006. |
| A171673203019716 | 2017-03-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTS THE READER TO TEST FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND UPDATE THE SOFTWARE IF NEEDED. |
| A171673203019716 | 2017-02-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTS THE READER TO TEST FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND UPDATE THE SOFTWARE IF NEEDED. |
| A171674203019717 | 2016-10-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTS THE READER TO TEST FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND UPDATE THE SOFTWARE IF NEEDED. |
| SB-2028053/2 | 2016-05-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| TSB-00-10-02 | 2011-02-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. AUDI: SOFTWARE VERSION MANAGEMENT (SVM) OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. DETAILING THE GENERAL PROCESS FOR CARRYING OUT A SOFTWARE VERSION MANAGEMENT (SVM) SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR ANY TSB OR REQUIRED VEHICLE UPDATE (RVU). TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION IS INCLUDED. *PE |
| TSB-01-09-06 | 2010-03-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. AUDI: SOFTWARE VERSION MANAGEMENT (SVM), OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. SVM IS A PROCESS TO UPDATE THE PROGRAMMING IN FLASHABLE (RE-PROGRAMMABLE) CONTROL MODULES AND/OR TO DOCUMENT CHANGES IN SOFTWARE LEVELS IN AUDI VEHICLES. THIS SYSTEM USES THE VAS 5051B OR VAS 5052 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO SEND VEHICLE SPECIFIC DATA TO THE SVM DATABASE, TO DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SVM DATABASE, AND TO FLASH CONTROL UNITS FOR IDENTIFIED SOFTWARE UPDATES. *PE |
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