{"nhtsa_id":10122793,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2012-10-03","document_id":"A371267 2028053-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122793-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10122793-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122793","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4","year_from":2004,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_audi_a4","2005_audi_a4","2006_audi_a4","2007_audi_a4","2008_audi_a4","2009_audi_a4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 CABRIOLET","year_from":2006,"year_to":2009,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S4","year_from":2004,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_audi_s4","2005_audi_s4","2006_audi_s4","2007_audi_s4","2008_audi_s4","2009_audi_s4"]}],"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":[]}