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Service bulletin SB-90-11-01

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 id10038667
Published by NHTSA2011-06-24
Manufacturer's numberSB-90-11-01
Manufacturer's date2011-03-23
ReplacesSB-90-11-03
NHTSA componentPARKING BRAKE

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: WHEN THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE USED FOR AN EXTENDED TIME THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS DUE TO A SOFTWARE CONCERN: WARNING LIGHT SYMBOL STAYS ON AFTER THEY ARE TURNED OFF. OPEN DOOR AND HATCH SYMBOLS ARE SHOWN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CLOSED. PARKING BRAKE CANNOT BE RELEASED. UPDATED ON 06/24/2011. *KB UPDATED A SECOND TIME ON 06/24/2011. *KB UPDATED A SECOND TIME ON 06/27/2011. *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

Brakes, Parking brake

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2008 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010

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

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Edition322023-09-18. Service bulletin. VW Elsa Newsletter
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TT911117a2023-06-13. Service bulletin. Replacement RNS 510 radio/navigation units may be shipped in transportation safeguard mode and therefore will have no sound output. In order to switch the unit out of this mode, hold down the forward seek button, the back seek button, and the music button at the same time until the unit shuts down. Once the unit is powered back ?ON? the safeguard mode will be deactivated.
TT9111172023-06-13. Service bulletin. Replacement RNS 510 radio/navigation units may be shipped in transportation safeguard mode and therefore will have no sound output. In order to switch the unit out of this mode, hold down the forward seek button, the back seek button, and the music button at the same time until the unit shuts down. Once the unit is powered back ?ON? the safeguard mode will be deactivated.