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Service bulletin TT 44-13-03

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10122929
Published by NHTSA2017-11-08
Manufacturer's numberTT 44-13-03
Manufacturer's date2015-04-03
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION; WHEELS

NHTSA's summary

Tech Tips: This Tech Tip provides an overview of vehicle four wheel alignment, and important steps that should be followed when performing four wheel alignments

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

Suspension, Wheels

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20191162019-03-06. Suspension
19V1880002019-03-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
20187172018-12-19. Suspension
18V9040002018-12-19. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
20144642014-10-20. Suspension
14V6560002014-10-20. SUSPENSION:REAR
20142882014-07-09. Suspension

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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