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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 id10121053
Published by NHTSA2017-10-31
Manufacturer's numberElsa Newsletter
Manufacturer's date2016-01-25
NHTSA componentWHEELS

NHTSA's summary

Summary of Technical Bulletin to include additional model and model year applicability. Corrosion, Front Fenders, at Upper Wheel Opening (U.S. Only)

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Wheels

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2016
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2005
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013

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

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