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Service bulletin VIN-4-A-PIN July

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 id10127873
Published by NHTSA2018-02-05
Manufacturer's numberVIN-4-A-PIN July
Manufacturer's date2017-07-05
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

MIL-on P0420 and/or P0430 in the ECM

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, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Trouble codes named

P0420, P0430

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016 to 2017
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2013
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20203532020-08-04. Label
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
20174552017-09-20. Electrical
17V3520002017-05-31. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
20171122017-03-02. Label
20171112017-03-02. Label
17V1370002017-03-02. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
17V1360002017-03-02. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
20170532017-02-03. Label

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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