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Service bulletin SA-4815

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 id10038593
Published by NHTSA2011-06-23
Manufacturer's numberSA-4815
Manufacturer's date2011-02-23
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. WHEN TRYING TO START THERE MAY BE AN EXTENDED CRANK OR NO START. 2006-2010 PASSAT. *RM

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

Steering

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2010
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20083982008-11-03. Steering
08V5770002008-11-03. STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
05V5400002005-11-30. STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY

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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