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Service bulletin TB-20-13-05

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 id10052670
Published by NHTSA2013-08-30
Manufacturer's numberTB-20-13-05
Manufacturer's date2013-06-14
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: ON SOME VEHICLES, LOW FUEL STORED IN ECM PRESSURE, ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START LONG PERIODS WITHOUT DRIVING, MAY RUN ROUGH AND/OR MIL ON. ALL MODELS 2008-2013. *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

Fuel system, Fuel pump

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2008 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN R322009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
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
17V5090002017-08-16. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

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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