# Service bulletin TT 57\-08\-03

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10073853
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-06\-22
- Manufacturer's number: TT 57\-08\-03
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-12\-07
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [V271503201607611](/bulletins/10208920.md), 2022-04-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Discharged Battery, Diagnosis for excessive current draw.
- [TT 271002](/bulletins/10157828.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Updated to include model year 2014 thru 2018 applicability.
- [V271503 2016076](/bulletins/10121265.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Technical Bulletin: Battery, Discharged, Diagnosis for Excessive Static Current Draw
- [V271501 2011894](/bulletins/10121196.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Technical Bulletin: Battery, Testing and Charging Using Midtronics VAS6161, MCR340V, InCharge 940, or GRX3000VAS Charger
- [TB\-09\-10\-02](/bulletins/10035204.md), 2011-02-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. VOLKSWAGEN: HEADLIGHTS MAY INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. AT IDLE SPEED THE ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE CAN FLUCTUATE, AS THE ALTERNATOR CANNOT FULLY COMPENSATE THE FLUCTUATIONS. SOME ELECTRIC CONSUMERS COME ON IN CYCLES OR HAVE NO CONSTANT CURRENT CONSUMPTION, WHICH AMPLIFIES THIS EFFECT. THE LOAD CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE BATTERY CAN ALSO INFLUENCE THIS EFFECT. MODELS GOLF, GTI, NEW BEETLE \& CONVERTIBLE, EOS, JETTA, WAGON, SPORTWAGEN, RABBIT, R32, GOLF WAGON, TIGUAN. \*PE
- [SA\-97R7](/bulletins/10034370.md), 2010-11-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. VOLKSWAGEN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. INSPECT, AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE. VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION MAY HAVE A POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE THAT MAY CORRODE AND, IN RARE CASES, BREAK. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE POWER SUPPLY MAY BE DISRUPTED AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STARTED. \*PE UPDATED ON 5/2/2012. \*KB
- [SB\-97P4\-Y5](/bulletins/10030449.md), 2009-10-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. VOLKSWAGEN: THIS IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE RELEASE OF A NEW REQUIRED VEHICLE UPDATE. CHECK AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE. MODELS PASSAT, PASSAT WAGON, PASSAT CC. \*PE
- [TB\-27\-09\-01](/bulletins/10030116.md), 2009-08-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. VOLKSWAGEN: THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE ON PASSAT VEHICLES WITH V6 ENGINE MAY CORRODE AND IN INDIVIDUAL CASES BREAK. AS A RESULT, THE POWER SUPPLY MAY BE DISRUPTED AND E.G. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STARTED. \*PE
- [TB\-27\+09\-01](/bulletins/10029033.md), 2009-06-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. VOLKSWAGEN: THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE ON VEHICLES MAY CORRODE AND IN INDIVIDUAL CASES BREAK. AS A RESULT, THE POWER SUPPLY MAY BE DISRUPTED AND E.G. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE STARTED. \*PE

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