# Service bulletin V011813203489818

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: 10198580
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-07\-02
- Manufacturer's number: V011813203489818
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-06\-29
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\)

## NHTSA's summary

DTC P0401 diagnostic assistance, additional smoke test and cold air control valve test

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10198580-0001.pdf)
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## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions, EGR valve

## Trouble codes named

P0401

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2013 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2010 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [2034898](/bulletins/10213853.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). High soot loads prior to regeneration can cause possible restrictions in the EGR filter.
- [V011813203489817](/bulletins/10197982.md), 2021-07-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. DTC P0401 diagnostic assistance, additional smoke test and cold air control valve test
- [V011813\_2034898](/bulletins/10181424.md), 2020-11-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). Update to part quantity in Part Table.
- [Dealer 21H3](/bulletins/10168328.md), 2019-12-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\); EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Due to a parts catalog error, incorrect emissions related component\(s\) may have been installed on some vehicles during a past service repair visit. Dealers will inspect and, if needed, replace the component\(s\) as a proactive measure to ensure continued emissions compliance.
- [Circular 21H3](/bulletins/10168327.md), 2019-12-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\); EQUIPMENT. Due to a parts catalog error, incorrect emissions related component\(s\) may have been installed on some vehicles during a past service repair visit. Dealers will inspect and, if needed, replace the component\(s\) as a proactive measure to ensure continued emissions compliance.
- [V011330 2034898](/bulletins/10155857.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). Technical Bulletin \(Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Insufficient Stored in ECM Fault Memory, Could be Accompanied with Fault P2463 DPF Soot Accumulation\): High soot loads prior to regeneration can cause possible restrictions in the EGR filter. This production solution to this issue is new software implemented in current production.
- [V011813\-2034898](/bulletins/10150868.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). Update parts table.
- [V011711 2034898](/bulletins/10133483.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). Modify service instruction and to update GFF Time expenditure in the warranty table.
- [V011421 2034898](/bulletins/10120330.md), 2017-10-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\). Technical Bulletin \(Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Insufficient, and Soot Accumulation issues\): This document informs of high soot loads prior to regeneration which can cause possible restrictions in the EGR filter. The production solution to this issue was new software being implemented in current production. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available.
- [V011608\_2034898](/bulletins/10106639.md), 2017-06-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE \(EGR VALVE\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. TO UPDATE WARRANTY LABOR OPERATIONS DUE TO ELSA UPDATES, AND TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PARTS TABLE FOR REPLACING A ONE PIECE SYSTEM WITH A TWO PIECE SYSTEM.

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