# Service bulletin V461604 2010245

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: 10121161
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-31
- Manufacturer's number: V461604 2010245
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-03\-08
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

Technical Bulletin on how to service Vibration or noise when braking may be due to brake disc corrosion protection which has not been completely removed by normal braking or surface rust built up during transportation. The document also contains information on where to find out about warranty coverage for servicing this issue

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10121161-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10121161-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2015 to 2016 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2017 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2016 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN
- 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2016 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2015 to 2017 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2019116](/recalls/tc/2019116.md), 2019-03-06: Suspension
- [19V188000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V188000.md), 2019-03-06: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
- [2018717](/recalls/tc/2018717.md), 2018-12-19: Suspension
- [18V904000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V904000.md), 2018-12-19: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
- [2014288](/recalls/tc/2014288.md), 2014-07-09: Suspension

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SM 04\-2026](/bulletins/11029306.md), 2026-03-03, Other: SUSPENSION. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.
- [V4016012043146\_4](/bulletins/11026184.md), 2025-12-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. What is and what is not a leaking suspension strut.
- [V4616012043146\_3](/bulletins/11021372.md), 2025-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. How to identify and when to replace a leaking strut
- [V4019012028353\_12](/bulletins/11016583.md), 2025-04-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Front suspension noisy, spring rubs on strut perch.
- [Edition92](/bulletins/10243007.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition90](/bulletins/10243005.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STEERING; SUSPENSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [TT441402](/bulletins/10238619.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. This can be the due to the Encoder Ring being ground down on the wheel bearing hub unit, resulting in a damaged part.
- [TT401401](/bulletins/10238608.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Recommend inspecting both front struts \(including the protective sleeves / dust covers\), for suspension blocks that might not have been completely removed during PDI. Remove any suspension blocks found and retest for concern. Please also reference VWIQ for Techs, Quarter 3 series, ?Suspension Blocks?.
- [TB401406](/bulletins/10238004.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Front suspension creaking noise during suspension cycles \(going over speed bumps or entering on an inclined surface\).
- [TB401404](/bulletins/10238002.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. When accelerating after a change of direction \(forward or reverse\) a one\-time clicking or popping noise occurs in the front left or front right of the vehicle.

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