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Service bulletin TB-15-12-01

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 id10045560
Published by NHTSA2012-09-11
Manufacturer's numberTB-15-12-01
Manufacturer's date2012-07-23
NHTSA componentENGINE

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: ALL MODELS EXPERIENCE THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPING, RATTLING NOISES OF THE ENGINE AFTER STARTING, AND ENGINE FAILS TO START. 2008-13 ALL MODELS. *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 BEETLE2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2008 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN R322009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V3090002017-05-11. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
11V4660002011-09-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
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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