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Service bulletin TB341601

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10236443
Published by NHTSA2023-05-22
Manufacturer's numberTB341601
Manufacturer's date2016-02-15
NHTSA componentBACK OVER PREVENTION; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Manual transmission noise diagnosing.

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

Driver assistance, Transmission and driveline, Backup camera

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF A72016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014, 2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2016
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2012 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2015
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

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