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Service bulletin TB-01-12-04

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 id10043602
Published by NHTSA2012-04-14
Manufacturer's numberTB-01-12-04
Manufacturer's date2012-02-10
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: GASOLINE ENGINES HAVE ROUGH IDLE, HAVE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER OR STALLING WITH REDUCED PERFORMANCE. *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

Engine

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2008
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2004
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN R322004
VOLKSWAGEN R322005 to 2007
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
08V2350002008-05-28. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
20081832008-05-23. Engine

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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