{"nhtsa_id":10123824,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-17","date":"2013-03-15","document_id":"Dealer Letter-Up","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On certain Audi A8 vehicles manufactured within a specific period the system diagnosis may detect a sporadic implausible condition of the selector lever sensors when the ignition is switched on. As a result, the gearbox warning lamp lights up and it is no longer possible to engage a gear. Update the software for the selector lever control module.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123824-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10123824-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10123824","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A8","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a8"]}],"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":[]}