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Service bulletin TB-20-13-07

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 id10053891
Published by NHTSA2013-12-03
Manufacturer's numberTB-20-13-07
Manufacturer's date2013-08-14
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: DIAGNOSIS FOR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WHERE NO START, ENGINE CRANK, WITHOUT DRIVING, AFTER LONG PERIODS AND MAY HAVE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. MODELS 2008-2014 EOS, GTI, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, JETTA, CC, PASSAT, TIGUAN, BEETLE. *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, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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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