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Service bulletin TB-01-09-16

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 id10033211
Published by NHTSA2010-07-26
Manufacturer's numberTB-01-09-16
Manufacturer's date2009-09-16
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: DRIVETRAIN BINDING/TIRES SCRUBBING DURING LOW SPEED MANEUVERING, ESP LIGHT IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON OR FLASHING. TENSION IN DRIVETRAIN; VIBRATION AND LOAD SENSITIVE KNOCKING FROM THE DRIVETRAIN; CRACKING NOISE UPON ACCELERATION FROM STOP, WHILE CORNERING OR DRIVING SLOWLY; SHUDDER WHEN CORNERING; RUBBING OR SLIPPING WHEN CORNERING; ELECTRONIC FAULTS IN 22 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ELECTRONICS-DTC'S 02033, 02039, 02042 OR 02400 STORED. *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

Brakes, Transmission and driveline, Differential, Parking brake

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006

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

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TT2113012023-07-05. Service bulletin. If mechanical damage is found to the turbocharger (e.g. damaged compression wheel, loose or broken shaft), it is not enough to just replace the turbocharger.
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