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Service bulletin TB-37-12-02

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 id10043535
Published by NHTSA2012-04-10
Manufacturer's numberTB-37-12-02
Manufacturer's date2012-01-12
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 65MPH, A WHINNING OR WHISTLE NOISE IS HEARD. THE SHIFTER CABLE MAY TRANSMIT NOISE, WHICH MAY COME FROM TRANSMISSION COUNTER GEAR, INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *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

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2011
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TB0113352023-08-28. Service bulletin. Update Programming for Engine Control Module and Transmission Control Module, for Shudder and/or Slight Hesitation Concerns
V3416022034406_62023-07-10. Service bulletin. Noise Diagnostic for Manual Transmission vehicles.
V3416022034406_52022-09-01. Service bulletin. Manual transmission noise diagnostic assistance