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Service bulletin TSB-44-10-05

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10035269
Published by NHTSA2011-02-14
Manufacturer's numberTSB-44-10-05
Manufacturer's date2010-06-08
NHTSA componentTIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

NHTSA's summary

AUDI: TPMS LIGHT ILLUMINATED-REPAIR AUTHORIZATION. THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. NO ISSUES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE ALL NEW INDIRECT TPM SYSTEM. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Tires, Tire pressure monitoring

Vehicles listed
AUDI A42010
AUDI A4 AVANT2011
AUDI A52010, 2011
AUDI Q52010, 2011
AUDI S42010, 2011
AUDI S52010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
441338203444512024-03-04. Service bulletin. Message "TPMS" in dash insert
441451203444522024-03-04. Service bulletin. Message "TPMS" in instrument cluster
A441338 2034445-2017-12-05. Service bulletin. Customer reports seeing the messages "TPMS" and "Tire pressure: System malfunction!" in the instrument cluster. The "TPMS" message is not related to a loss of tire pressure. The message only indicates that tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is not active.
A441451 2034445-2017-11-08. Service bulletin. Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 44 number 13-38 dated July 11, 2013. Scenario A is after the engine is started, the message "TPMS" appears briefly then turns off. No DTCs are stored. Scenario B is the message "TPMS" appears constantly. DTC 03159 (tire pressure monitoring in ESP function) is stored in the ABS control module, J104 (address word 03), with one or more additional DTCs. Scenario C is the messages "TPMS" and "Tire pressure: System malfunction!" appear while the vehicle is being driven. DTC 03159 (tire pressure monitoring in ESP function) is stored in the ABS control module, J104 (address word 03), without other DTCs.
A44166120344452017-03-01. Service bulletin. THIS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NOTIFIES THE READER THAT IF THE TPMS MESSAGE APPEARS BRIEFLY AFTER THE ENGINE IS STARTED AND THEN DISAPPEARS, IT DOES NOT INDICATE AN ISSUE WITH THE TPMS SYSTEM.
TSB-44-11-212011-07-29. Service bulletin. VOLKSWAGEN: THE MESSAGE 'TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION' APPEARS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THERE WILL BE A STORED TROUBLE CODE. THIS PROBLEM IS LIKELY CAUSED BY SOFTWARE. *RM
SB-44I22011-06-24. Service bulletin. VOLKSWAGEN: TPMS SCREENS ARE NOT CONSISTENT 2010 AUDI AND NEED A SOFTWARE UPDATE. *RM