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Service bulletin V401602 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 id10126866
Published by NHTSA2018-01-08
Manufacturer's numberV401602 2040561
Manufacturer's date2016-10-25
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

Updated to include model year 2017 applicability

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, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE TDI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE TDI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN EGOLF2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF ALLTRACK2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTSWAGEN2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016 to 2017
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT TDI2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.6 COMFORTLINE2011
VOLKSWAGEN R322010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN2014 to 2016
VOLKSWAGEN XCH902016

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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