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Service bulletin A971861 2013504-

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 id10144652
Published by NHTSA2018-09-17
Manufacturer's numberA971861 2013504-
Manufacturer's date2018-06-06
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This information bulletin contains instructions for checking the pins/terminals for contacts and nano contacts.

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

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2000, 2001, 2002
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2005 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2005 to 2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2017
VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2004
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016 to 2018
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
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 SPORTWAGEN2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.6 COMFORTLINE2011
VOLKSWAGEN R322004
VOLKSWAGEN R322005 to 2007
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN R322009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2005
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2005 to 2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2003
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 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 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
23V6190002023-09-06. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
20234872023-08-31. Electrical
23V6040002023-08-30. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
19V6150002019-08-22. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
18V8240002018-11-26. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
18V4640002018-07-11. 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
16V1380002016-03-07. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

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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