Audit Committee Charter

TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY Audit Committee CHARTER Adopted by the Board of Directors: August 26, 2008 Purpose The purpose of the Committee shall be to assist the Board of Directors of Tecumseh Products Company (the “Company”) in its oversight of: • management’s conduct of the Company’s financial reporting process; • the integrity of the financial statements of the Company; • the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; • the independence and qualifications of the outside auditor; and • the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and outside auditor (by reviewing the financial reports and other financial information provided by the Company to any governmental or regulatory body, the public or other users thereof, the Company’s systems of internal accounting and financial controls, and the annual independent audit of the Company’s financial statements). In discharging its oversight role, the Committee is empowered to investigate any matter brought to its attention with full access to all books, records, facilities and personnel of the Company and the power to retain outside counsel, auditors or other experts for this purpose. The Company shall provide adequate resources to support the Committee’s activities, including compensation of the Company’s independent auditor and any counsel, other auditors and other advisors retained by the Committee. The ...