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Service bulletin V401501 2040561

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 id10122947
Published by NHTSA2017-11-08
Manufacturer's numberV401501 2040561
Manufacturer's date2015-05-06
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

Technical Bulletin (Squeaking Noises From Front Of Vehicle): Squeaking/creaking noise from front of vehicle while fully turning steering wheel. The document also gives information on servicing the issue

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

Steering

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
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 CC2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2010, 2011, 2012, 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
19V6150002019-08-22. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
18V4640002018-07-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
14V4120002014-07-07. STEERING

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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