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Service bulletin SM 12-2017 VWMEX

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 id10144707
Published by NHTSA2018-09-17
Manufacturer's numberSM 12-2017 VWMEX
Manufacturer's date2017-08-25
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR

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 Only superseded part numbers to be ordered going forward.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, Catalytic converter

Vehicles listed
AUDI A32010, 2011, 2012, 2013
AUDI A32014
AUDI A3 CABRIOLET2015
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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 2012
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011, 2012 (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.

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