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Service bulletin V011514 2040822

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 id10122989
Published by NHTSA2017-11-08
Manufacturer's numberV011514 2040822
Manufacturer's date2015-06-11
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

Technical Bulletin (Update Programming, DTCs P0491 and or P2440 stored in the ECM Fault Memory): Current ECM software are causing erroneous faults. This document contains the codes necessary to update the software to diagnose issues

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

Electrical system

Trouble codes named

P0491, P2440

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2014, 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
20174552017-09-20. Electrical
16V1710002016-03-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20161322016-03-23. Electrical

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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