{"nhtsa_id":10210688,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2022-05-02","date":"2014-08-01","document_id":"37 14 39 2032812","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Hesitation concerns, harsh downshifts when braking, or harsh 1-2 upshifts.Further transmission control module (TCM), J217, software calibration needed to improve shift concerns. Further engine control module (ECM), J623, software calibration needed to improve hesitation.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10210688-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10210688-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10210688","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"pcv","name":"Crankcase ventilation (PCV)","parent":"exhaust-emissions"},{"id":"engine-control-module","name":"Engine control module","parent":"engine"},{"id":"transmission-control-module","name":"Transmission control module","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a5"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5 CABRIOLET","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"Q5","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_q5"]}],"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":[]}