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Service bulletin Dealer 23EM

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 id10228694
Published by NHTSA2023-01-06
Manufacturer's numberDealer 23EM
Manufacturer's date2022-12-19
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)

NHTSA's summary

SERV_ACT - Engine Control Module (ECM) Software

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

Engine, Engine control module

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN ID.42021
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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

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