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Service bulletin V-691202

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 id10044940
Published by NHTSA2012-08-07
Manufacturer's numberV-691202
Manufacturer's date2013-02-11
ReplacesTSB-69-13-01
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, DTC B101614 STORED IN AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE. AIRBAG LAM IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAY ILLUMINATE DUE TO UNFASTENED CONNECTOR FOR PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LAMP. *JS UPDATED 04/11/2013 *JS

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

Air bags, Air bag control module

Trouble codes named

B1016

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013

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
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TT6912052023-07-31. Service bulletin. If seat belt light remains on only when passenger seat is occupied with seat belt latched, check to see if airbag module has been replaced with color code 095. Module with color code 095 will have coding 14645 or 00 00 39 35. If airbag module has been replaced with color code 095, passenger seat belt latch must also be replaced with updated part number 5C6 857 756 K YLZ.
20297672014-07-22. Service bulletin. AIRBAG WARNING LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE DUE TO UNFASTENED CONNECTOR. *LJ
TB-69-13-022013-05-07. Service bulletin. VOLKSWAGEN: THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP MAY BE ILLUMINATED PAIRED WITH DTCS B101715 AND B103615 *JS
TT-69-12-032012-09-11. Service bulletin. VOLKSWAGEN: ENSURE CONNECTORS AT CRASH SENSOR AND A PILLAR PROPERLY SEATED AND PINS IN CONNECTORS NOT SPREAD OR DAMAGED BEFORE REPLACING PRESSURE SENSOR WHEN DIAGNOSING AIRBAG FAULTS. MODEL 2012 JETTA. *PE