# Service bulletin VIN4APIN20210519

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: 10193921
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-06\-03
- Manufacturer's number: VIN4APIN20210519
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-05\-19
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION; SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

Customer states MIL\-on with P013E in the ECM Customer states front suspension noise while driving 3rd row seat lift strap detached Hood release inoperative Rear tailgate strut broken/loose/detached

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10193921-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10193921-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Seats, Suspension

## Trouble codes named

P013E

## Vehicles listed

- 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
- 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT
- 2021 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2020 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
- [21V038000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V038000.md), 2021-02-01: SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS; SEATS
- [2021031](/recalls/tc/2021031.md), 2021-01-27: Seats And Restraints
- [2020392](/recalls/tc/2020392.md), 2020-08-26: Seats And Restraints
- [20V505000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V505000.md), 2020-08-26: SEATS
- [2019116](/recalls/tc/2019116.md), 2019-03-06: Suspension
- [19V188000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V188000.md), 2019-03-06: 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
- [VWP\-25\-07](/bulletins/11018948.md), 2025-06-03, Warranty extension: SEATS. For applicable 2018\-2024 Volkswagen Atlas Settlement Class Vehicles, the New Vehicle Limited Warranty has been extended to cover the repair or replacement of the Second Row Seat Latching Mechanism by an authorized Volkswagen dealer for 10 years or 100,000 miles, whichever occurs first, from the vehicles original in\-service date.
- [VWP\-25\-07 FAQ](/bulletins/11018947.md), 2025-06-03, Warranty extension: SEATS. Supporting FAQ for the VWP\-25\-07 Atlas Second Row Seat Latching Mechanism
- [V7224012076150\_1](/bulletins/11012466.md), 2025-01-07, Service bulletin: SEATS. Software update for seat adjustment motor
- [VIN4APIN20240102](/bulletins/10249140.md), 2024-02-06, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); SEAT BELTS; SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER. Customer states rattle from below the vehicle Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states Mill\-on, P0462 and/or P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states noise while driving Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states driver's seat creaking or squeaking while driving or when getting in and out of vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states blower motor inoperative Customer states sunroof cracked Customer states rear spoiler is loose Customer states seat belt won't retract
- [VIN4APIN20231207](/bulletins/10247178.md), 2024-01-04, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); SEATS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Customer states rattle from below the vehicle Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states Mill\-on, P0462 and/or P0463 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states noise while driving Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states driver's seat creaking or squeaking while driving or when getting in and out of vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states blower motor inoperative Customer states sunroof cracked Customer states rear spoiler is loose Customer states seat belt won't retract
- [VIN4APIN231129](/bulletins/10245619.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); SEATS. Customer states rattle from below the vehicle Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states noise while driving Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states driver's seat creaking or squeaking while driving or when getting in and out of vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states seat belt won't retract
- [VIN4APIN231120](/bulletins/10245618.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\); SEAT BELTS; SEATS. Customer states rattle from below the vehicle Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory\* Customer states MIL\-on, fault P04F0 stored in ECM memory Customer states noise while driving Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states driver's seat creaking or squeaking while driving or when getting in and out of vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states seat belt won't retract

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