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Service bulletin VIN-4-A-PIN-2018

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 id10149875
Published by NHTSA2018-12-03
Manufacturer's numberVIN-4-A-PIN-2018
Manufacturer's date2018-08-17
NHTSA componentVISIBILITY; EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION; SEATS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

Water leaks from the sunroof/overhead light console area, Park distance to sensitive to control, coolant leak at the coolant pump, Yellow oil warning light on with any of the following faults P0196 P0198 B104129 B104135, Side mirror glass cracked, cluctch pedal makes noise during operation, damed strut boots, remote key inopperative, 60/40 split center seats rattle, car speaker is distorted.

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, Equipment and accessories, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Seats, Suspension

Trouble codes named

B1041, P0196, P0198

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS2018
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016 to 2019
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2016, 2017, 2018
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2016, 2017, 2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20227352022-12-14. Seats And Restraints
22V0860002022-02-16. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
20205622020-11-20. Seats And Restraints
20V3720002020-06-24. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
20196192019-12-11. Suspension
20191162019-03-06. Suspension
19V1880002019-03-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
20187172018-12-19. Suspension
18V9040002018-12-19. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
18V4670002018-07-13. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY

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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