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Service bulletin 2015831

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 id10026848
Published by NHTSA2008-12-30
Manufacturer's number2015831
Manufacturer's date2008-08-28
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD, REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES. HEAT SHIELDS ARE TO BE INSPECTED AFTER COMPLETION O ANY TYPE OF REPAIR TO THE UNDERBODY (EXHAUST SYSTEM TRANSMISSION, ETC.), AND IF DAMAGED, REPLACED. *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

Body and frame, Engine, Exhaust and emissions

Vehicles listed
AUDI 40001991
AUDI 50001991
AUDI 901991
VOLKSWAGEN 40001990
VOLKSWAGEN 50001990
VOLKSWAGEN 901990
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1991 to 1994
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET1990
VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO1997
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN FOX1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
VOLKSWAGEN GLI1990
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1994 to 1995
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007
VOLKSWAGEN GTI1990 to 1993
VOLKSWAGEN GTI1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2004
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN QUANTUM1990 to 1991
VOLKSWAGEN R322004
VOLKSWAGEN R322005 to 2007
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO1991
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON1990, 1991
VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON1992 to 1994
VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN1990 to 2003

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
09V2480002009-07-02. STRUCTURE:BODY
20091412009-05-14. Structure
08V2350002008-05-28. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20081832008-05-23. Engine
08V0360002008-01-28. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
99V2510001999-09-17. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
19990211999-02-15. Structure
99V0220001999-02-05. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
98V2950001998-11-13. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
19981581998-08-20. Structure

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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