Q5 Quattro (8RB) V6-3.2L (CALB) (2011)
Control Module: All Technical Service Bulletins
A/T Controls - Shuddering/Harsh Shifts/Hesitation
37 Shift Quality Complaints, 0BK and 0B6 automatic gearboxes
37 11 16
2025272/1
January 24, 2011.
AFFECTED VEHICLES
CONDITION
Customer may report:
^ Vehicle shudders briefly before a stop.
^ Harsh up shift at low to medium throttle.
^ Harsh downshift when coming to a stop.
^ Slight hesitation from a stop.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
PRODUCTION SOLUTION
Optimized transmission control unit software for improved shift quality.
SERVICE
1. Try to reproduce the customer complaint so that it can be clearly assigned to this TSB. If this TSB applies, follow the steps below.
2. Per SVM software chart above, check whether the vehicle requires a software update. If the transmission control unit is below the listed new version,
update the transmission control unit (J217) via SVM.