# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10026848
- Published by NHTSA: 2008\-12\-30
- Manufacturer's number: 2015831
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-08\-28
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE: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

- 1991 AUDI 4000
- 1991 AUDI 5000
- 1991 AUDI 90
- 1990 VOLKSWAGEN 4000
- 1990 VOLKSWAGEN 5000
- 1990 VOLKSWAGEN 90
- 1998 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 1991 to 1994 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO
- 1995 to 2002 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO
- 1990 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET
- 1990 to 1995 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO
- 1997 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO
- 2006 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2007 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 1992 to 2003 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN
- 1990 to 1993 VOLKSWAGEN FOX
- 1990 VOLKSWAGEN GLI
- 1990 to 1993 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 1994 to 1995 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 1996 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 1990 to 1993 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 1994 to 2003 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2005 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 1990 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 1990 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2004 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON
- 1990 to 1991 VOLKSWAGEN QUANTUM
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2005 to 2007 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2006 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 1991 VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO
- 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2004 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG
- 1990 to 1991 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON
- 1992 to 1994 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON
- 1990 to 2003 VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [09V248000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V248000.md), 2009-07-02: STRUCTURE:BODY
- [2009141](/recalls/tc/2009141.md), 2009-05-14: Structure
- [08V235000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V235000.md), 2008-05-28: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- [2008183](/recalls/tc/2008183.md), 2008-05-23: Engine
- [08V036000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V036000.md), 2008-01-28: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
- [99V251000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V251000.md), 1999-09-17: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- [1999021](/recalls/tc/1999021.md), 1999-02-15: Structure
- [99V022000](/recalls/nhtsa/99V022000.md), 1999-02-05: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- [98V295000](/recalls/nhtsa/98V295000.md), 1998-11-13: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
- [1998158](/recalls/tc/1998158.md), 1998-08-20: Structure

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- [TT 10\-18\-02\_2](/bulletins/11034613.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Lubricating engine components before reassembly.
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- [V0116152014815\_19](/bulletins/11025431.md), 2025-11-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE. A list of suggested fuel stations
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