{"nhtsa_id":10045439,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-09-06","date":"2012-07-05","document_id":"TSB-42-12-11","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"AUDI: CONSTANT VELOCITY OF JOINT GREASE AT REAR DIFFERENTIAL, CAUSES AN OIL LEAKAGE IN AREA OF QUATTRO SPORTS REAR DIFFERENTIAL SIDE FLANGE, OR AXLE SHAFT INBOARD FLANGE, DUE TO INSUFFICIENT SEALANT ON PROTECTIVE CAP. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10045439","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"axle","name":"Axle","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"differential","name":"Differential","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"S4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s4","2011_audi_s4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"S5","year_from":2010,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_audi_s5","2011_audi_s5"]}],"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":[]}