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Service bulletin SM 59-2017

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 id10144706
Published by NHTSA2018-09-17
Manufacturer's numberSM 59-2017
Manufacturer's date2017-08-18
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This special notice is to inform dealers to return all part numbers listed in the document. Only superseded part numbers to be ordered going forward.

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

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015
VOLKSWAGEN EGOLF2015
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
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 SPORTWAGEN2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN R322009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V3090002017-05-11. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
16V6470002016-09-07. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
16V1380002016-03-07. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
15V7050002015-10-26. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
20155042015-10-23. Engine
11V4660002011-09-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
08V2350002008-05-28. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

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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