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Service bulletin 610501

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 id10012761
Published by NHTSA2005-03-15
Manufacturer's number610501
Manufacturer's date2005-02-14
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

NHTSA's summary

HEADLINER, LOOSE AROUND REAR GLASS. *TT

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2003, 2004, 2005

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

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