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Service bulletin VST-16-01

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10128379
Published by NHTSA2018-02-05
Manufacturer's numberVST-16-01
Manufacturer's date2016-06-15
NHTSA componentVISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD

NHTSA's summary

explaination of cross car distorion when looking through the windshield and how the "effect" in normal.

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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Windshield

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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 CABRIO2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2006 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN EGOLF2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2017
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2009
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 GTI2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016 to 2017
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 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 SPORTWAGEN2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2006
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.6 COMFORTLINE2011
VOLKSWAGEN R322006 to 2007
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN R322009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2006 to 2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 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

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