{"nhtsa_id":10122487,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2014-05-12","document_id":"Dealer Letter -","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Due to a process fault, the gearbox was filled with ATF fluid containing sulphur on Audi vehicles with multritronic manufactured within a specific period. As a result, a copper sulphide layer may form on the conductor tracks of the gearbox control unit and cause electrical faults. Drain and flush the gearbox and replace the multitronic unit.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10122487-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10122487-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122487","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 ALLROAD","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_audi_a4-allroad"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4 AVANT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A5 CABRIOLET","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A6","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_audi_a6","2013_audi_a6"]}],"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":[]}