# Service bulletin VIN4APIN20220131

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: 10206959
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-02\-04
- Manufacturer's number: VIN4APIN20220131
- Manufacturer's date: 2022\-01\-31
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

## NHTSA's summary

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

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10206959-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2022/MC-10206959-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2021 to 2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
- 2021 to 2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT
- 2009 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2011 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2010 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2013 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2021 to 2022 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2022612](/recalls/tc/2022612.md), 2022-10-26: Suspension
- [22V807000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V807000.md), 2022-10-26: SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- [2022489](/recalls/tc/2022489.md), 2022-08-31: Structure
- [2022170](/recalls/tc/2022170.md), 2022-04-06: Structure
- [22V226000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V226000.md), 2022-04-06: STRUCTURE:BODY
- [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
- [2014465](/recalls/tc/2014465.md), 2014-10-20: Structure
- [2014464](/recalls/tc/2014464.md), 2014-10-20: Suspension

## 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.
- [V4418012043620\_9](/bulletins/11027256.md), 2026-01-07, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Alignment Submission Form
- [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
- [V0019012040590\_14](/bulletins/11014947.md), 2025-03-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Water migration under the RAPGARD® protection when vehicle arrives at dealership.
- [V5515032021354\_8](/bulletins/11010024.md), 2024-11-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Lack of paint under roof
- [TT 00\-24\-01](/bulletins/11008846.md), 2024-10-09, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. Wind \& Water Leak Checking
- [VIN4APIN20240327](/bulletins/10252464.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR; SEAT BELTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD; STRUCTURE. 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 rattle noise from below the vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states sunroof cracked Customer states rear spoiler is loose Customer states driver and/or passenger front seat cover discolored Customer states seat belt won't retract Customer states windshield has a visual imperfection Customer states the sunshade doesn't operate/bound up
- [VIN4APIN20240318](/bulletins/10252035.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:SUN VISOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR; STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR. 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 rattle noise from below the vehicle Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states sunroof cracked Customer states rear spoiler is loose Customer states driver and/or passenger front seat cover discolored Customer states seat belt won't retract Customer states the sunshade doesn't operate/bound up
- [VIN4APIN20240311](/bulletins/10251676.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\):SOFTWARE; STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS; 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 rattle noise from below the vehicle Customer states MIL\-on, P0442 stored in ECM memory Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states key FOB lock/unlock functions do not work via button press \(not KESSY\) Customer states seat memory is inoperative Customer states sunroof cracked Customer states rear spoiler is loose Customer states driver and/or passenger front seat cover discolored Customer states seat belt won't retract Customer states the sunshade doesn't operate/bound up

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