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Service bulletin 18VWUSMN112619

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 id10168646
Published by NHTSA2019-12-06
Manufacturer's number18VWUSMN112619
Manufacturer's date2019-11-26
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

"Additional Maintenance Items section: ""Transmission, Automatic (non-DSG): Change fluid and filter every 80K miles"" REMOVED: ""and filter"""

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS2018
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2018
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF ALLTRACK2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2018
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2018
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2018
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2018
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2018
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2018

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

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