{"nhtsa_id":10121495,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-31","date":"2013-11-04","document_id":"A351315 2030477-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION); POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 35 number 13-14 dated August 30, 2013. Message appears in the information display: \"Gearbox malfunction: you can continue driving\". One or more fault entries are stored in the transmission control module. Fault codes and symptom codes must match exactly or this TSB should not be followed. Instructions for obtaining the symptom codes are in the Service section of this bulletin. Poor internal contact area on circuit board will lead to faults. Oil additives can cause the plastic circuit plates to delaminate, causing contact loss.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121495-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10121495-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10121495","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"RS5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_rs-5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s4","2011_audi_s4","2012_audi_s4","2013_audi_s4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S5","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s5","2011_audi_s5","2012_audi_s5","2013_audi_s5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S6","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_s6"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S7","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_s7"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}