{"nhtsa_id":10123579,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-17","date":"2013-06-17","document_id":"A371308 2034163-","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Customer may report that the transmission does not work correctly. Shortly after a cold start, the following message appears in the instrument cluster display: ?Gearbox Malfunction! Journey can be continued?. The gearbox is in limp mode until the key is cycled. The issue is very sporadic and cannot be reproduced with a test drive. DTC P17E1 (Gear positioner 2 mechanical malfunction) with DFCC 9473 is stored in the transmission control module, J743 (address word 02). The DFCC is the 4-6 digit code that is typically listed before the fault code. Software error in the transmission control module.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123579-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123579-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10123579","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":["P17E1"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_a4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 AVANT","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_a5","2011_audi_a5","2012_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s4","2011_audi_s4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S5","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s5","2011_audi_s5","2012_audi_s5"]}],"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":[]}