# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10122947
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-11\-08
- Manufacturer's number: V401501 2040561
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-05\-06
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## 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

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10122947-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10122947-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2011 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2010 to 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2014 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2014 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2010 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2010 to 2015 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V615000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V615000.md), 2019-08-22: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE
- [18V464000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V464000.md), 2018-07-11: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE
- [14V412000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V412000.md), 2014-07-07: STEERING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [V4823022072282\_3](/bulletins/11036880.md), 2026-09-04, Service bulletin: STEERING. Clean and install an additional plastic "ring" to prevent ingress of dirt,hair. Foreign bodies into the clock spring.
- [SM 55\-2025](/bulletins/11025426.md), 2025-11-10, Other: STEERING. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
- [TT941301](/bulletins/10252932.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING. Cruise Control Inoperative, Fault B115411 ?Cruise Control Switch Short Circuit to Ground? after J527 Steering Column Control Module Replacement
- [V4823022072282\_1](/bulletins/10247537.md), 2024-01-04, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS. Rear of teering wheel trim modification for noise when maneuvering.
- [Edition103](/bulletins/10243023.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition108](/bulletins/10243019.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; STEERING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; STRUCTURE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition106](/bulletins/10243017.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING; EQUIPMENT; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition113](/bulletins/10243016.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: SEATS; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING; EQUIPMENT. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition84](/bulletins/10243009.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; STEERING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition90](/bulletins/10243005.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STEERING; SUSPENSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. VW Elsa Newsletter

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