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Service bulletin 0516

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 id10018804
Published by NHTSA2006-01-18
Manufacturer's number0516
Manufacturer's date2005-12-20
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

UPDATE PROGRAMMING TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) FOR IMPROVED UPSHIFTING (OE). CUSTOMER STATES TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO UPSHIFT TOO SOON, OR TOO OFTEN. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2005, 2006

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

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