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Service bulletin TT 90-12-04

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10156048
Published by NHTSA2019-04-01
Manufacturer's numberTT 90-12-04
Manufacturer's date2012-10-26
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

Tech Tips (Service Interval Settings after Instrument Cluster Replacement): This document informs that after instrument cluster replacement, service interval maximum values may need to be manually set. To set values manually, use Vehicle self-diagnosis to select 17- Instrument Cluster, then adaptation. Channel ?SIA: maximum value of distance to service? should be set to 16000 km and channel ?SIA: maximum value of time to service? should be set to 372 days.

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, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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

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