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Service bulletin VWP-11-14

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 id10040844
Published by NHTSA2011-09-13
Manufacturer's numberVWP-11-14
Manufacturer's date2011-05-12
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: PRODUCTION PROBLEMS MAY MAKE CAMSHAFT COMPONENTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE WEAR. THIS COULD LEAD TO WEAR IN THE BASE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CAMSHAFT FOLLOWER. THIS ISSUE DOES NOT CAUSE VEHICLE STALLING. THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WILL BE ON WITH FAULT CODES. *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

Fuel system, Fuel pump

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2006, 2007
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2006, 2007
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2006, 2007

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V5090002017-08-16. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

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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