{"nhtsa_id":10210651,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-05-02","date":"2013-06-17","document_id":"37 13 08 2034163","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Software error in the transmission control module. 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 (Figure 1).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210651-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10210651-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10210651","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"},{"id":"transmission-control-module","name":"Transmission control module","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":["P17E1"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_a4","2011_audi_a4"]},{"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":[]}