# Service bulletin VIN4APIN20210324

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10189592
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-04\-06
- Manufacturer's number: VIN4APIN20210324
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-03\-24
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION

## NHTSA's summary

Customer states MIL\-on P0087, P0148 and/or P053F Customer states front suspension noise while driving MFI in cluster warning U0199 Rear tailgate strut broken/loose/detached Customer states fuel odor/leak in the rear part of the vehicle \(without a punctured fuel tank, hoses or pipes\) or difficulty fueling fuel tank or fuel coming back up filler neck

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189592-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10189592-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Suspension

## Trouble codes named

P0087, P0148, P053F

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
- 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT
- 2017 to 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2017 to 2019 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN
- 2017 to 2021 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2019 to 2021 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2022132](/recalls/tc/2022132.md), 2022-03-23: Suspension
- [22V176000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V176000.md), 2022-03-23: SUSPENSION
- [21V812000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V812000.md), 2021-10-15: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
- [2019619](/recalls/tc/2019619.md), 2019-12-11: Suspension
- [2019116](/recalls/tc/2019116.md), 2019-03-06: Suspension
- [19V188000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V188000.md), 2019-03-06: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
- [2018717](/recalls/tc/2018717.md), 2018-12-19: Suspension
- [18V904000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V904000.md), 2018-12-19: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SM 04\-2026](/bulletins/11029306.md), 2026-03-03, Other: SUSPENSION. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.
- [V4016012043146\_4](/bulletins/11026184.md), 2025-12-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. What is and what is not a leaking suspension strut.
- [V4616012043146\_3](/bulletins/11021372.md), 2025-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. How to identify and when to replace a leaking strut
- [VIN4APIN20220222](/bulletins/10208292.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin: SEATS; SUSPENSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION. Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Oil level sensor leaking Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states blower stays on Customer states cannot set seat memory Customer states cannot set seat memory Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20220209](/bulletins/10208291.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT; ENGINE. Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Oil level sensor leaking Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states blower stays on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20220131](/bulletins/10206959.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS. Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states blower stays on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20220126](/bulletins/10206956.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); SUSPENSION:FRONT. Customer states MIL\-on with P0087 P053F in the ECM Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states blower stays on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20220124](/bulletins/10206951.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Customer states MIL\-on with P0087 P053F in the ECM Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states blower stays on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20211215](/bulletins/10205524.md), 2022-01-06, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Customer states MIL\-on with P0087 P053F in the ECM Customer states MIL\-on with any combination of P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P1D74 and/or P1D75 in the ECM Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states Electrical System not Working Correctly Message with P0CFF and/or P2B28 in HV Battery Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states airbag light on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range
- [VIN4APIN20211213](/bulletins/10205523.md), 2022-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SUSPENSION; AIR BAGS. Customer states MIL\-on with P0087 P053F in the ECM Customer states MIL\-on with any combination of P0300, P0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P1D74 and/or P1D75 in the ECM Customer states rattle noise from the underbody heat shields Customer states Electrical System not Working Correctly Message with P0CFF and/or P2B28 in HV Battery Customer states noise from front suspension Customer states airbag light on Any TDI within the vehicle/MY range

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