Technical Service Bulletin
44 Steering wheel vibration and/or oscillation at low mileage - Repair Authorization
44 14 48 2030194/5 March 10, 2014. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 44 number 13-45 dated
December 3, 2013 for reasons listed below.
Model(s)

Year

VIN Range

Vehicle-Specific Equipment

A4, Q7

2014

All

Not Applicable

Condition
REVISION HISTORY
Revision

Date

Purpose

5

-

Revised attachment

4

12/03/2013

Revised Condition (Updated model information)
Revised Service (Modified instructions)

3

11/01/2013

Revised Service (Added step)

2

09/26/2013

Revised header data (Updated vehicles)

1

07/23/2012

Initial publication

 Steering wheel vibration and/or steering wheel oscillation at a speed range of 55 - 80 mph (88 – 128 km/h) on
vehicles with very low mileage or at PDI.
 The condition does not result in any handling concerns or loss of vehicle control.
 Vehicles have original factory-installed wheels and tires.
 Affected vehicles include:
 MY 2014 Q7
 MY 2014 A4 with 18” tire

Technical Background
Tire pressures on Audi vehicles are set to specified values in order to prevent flat spotting during the
transportation process from various Audi plants to United States ports.
To closely monitor complaints of tire-related vibration at very low mileage, we are asking that you contact the Audi
Technical Assistance Center (TAC) before performing any repairs on vehicles with this condition. This will assist
us in diagnosing any potential issues with the condition noted above.

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Technical Service Bulletin
Production Solution
Not applicable.

Service
1. Verify that the complaint matches the condition described at the top of this TSB. Complaints not
related to the condition described in this TSB do not require TAC authorization.
Exclude vehicles if the following criteria are true:
 Any wheel or tire has been repaired (patches, plugs, rim repairs)
 Tires have damage (nails, gouges, large cuts)
 Wheels have damage (bent, gouges, cracks)
 Tires have been replaced
2. Obtain and print road force values (RFV) DO NOT force match or balance tires.
3. Create a ticket using the TAC system in Elsa and complete the attached Tire Data Sheet. The data
sheet must be completed before TAC is called. Attach the printed RFV documents from the balancer
machine to the TAC ticket. Do not perform any repairs to the vehicle (balance, force match, remove
weights, etc.).

Warranty
This TSB is informational only and is not applicable to any Audi warranty.

Additional Information
The following Technical Service Bulletin(s) will be necessary to complete this procedure:
 TSB 2022563, Steering wheel shimmy, vibration, and/or oscillation (Only refer to the diagnosis section of this
TSB. DO NOT repair the vehicle.)
All parts and service references provided in this TSB (2030194) are subject to change and/or removal. Always
check with your Parts Department and service manuals for the latest information.

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Tire data sheet
1. Customer complaint

(e. g.: speed range, vibrations in the whole vehicle, vibrations (only) in the steering wheel, while
acceleration/deceleration, vibrations (only) while braking, vibrations permanent/only at starting phase)

2. Vehicle data
Make:

BA-ID according to DISS:

VIN:

Date of delivery:

NA

Model type, description:
Mileage with affected tires in km:

3. Tire data (in cold condition)
Tires are

…fitted at manufacturer

…Audi Original Parts

Tire brand:

Tire type:

Dimension:

Manufacturer labeling:

…After market
(e.g.: AO, AOE, R01)

Last check date of road force balance machine:

Make of road force balancing machine:
front/left

front/right

rear/left

rear/right

DOT (four characters MM-YY)
Tire pressure in bar
Requested tire pressure
according to filling pressure
label

ok
n. ok

ok

ok

ok

n. ok

n. ok

n. ok

Tread depth in mm,
outside/center/inside
Attached weights
Balancing track inside/outside
Damages at tire
Damages at rim

4. Tire data (in warm condition)
!!!Tires must be warmed prior to the roadforce balance!!!
(Preliminary test drive of at least 12mp/h with a top speed of ≥ 62mp/h for 15 miles)
front/left

front/right

Tire pressure in bar
RFV in lbs.

(first harmonic)

DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY REPAIRS (e.g. balance, force match)
Attached this form to the TAC contact.

rear/left

rear/right