Service bulletin TB-48-11-03
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 |
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| NHTSA id | 10043278 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2012-03-09 |
| Manufacturer's number | TB-48-11-03 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2011-12-16 |
| NHTSA component | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP |
NHTSA's summary
VOLKSWAGEN: CERTAIN MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORTS, THERE IS A LEAK IN POWER STEERING AT COLD START UP AND/OR THE STEERING PUMP IS NOISY. *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
Steering, Power steering
| VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN | 2009, 2010 |
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Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| TB-45C6 | 2010-11-04. Service bulletin. VOLKSWAGEN: REPLACE STEERING WHEEL CLOCKSPRING TO ELIMINATE/PREVENT TICKING NOISE. AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH A CLOCKSPRING THAT CAN DEVELOP A TICKING NOISE OVER TIME. THIS TICKING NOISE CAN TYPICALLY BE HEARD WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. *PE |
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