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Service bulletin TB441403

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 id10238016
Published by NHTSA2023-06-26
Manufacturer's numberTB441403
Manufacturer's date2013-04-01
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES

NHTSA's summary

Vibration or noise when braking may be due to brake disc corrosion protection which has not been completely removed by normal braking, or surface rust built up during transportation.

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

Brakes

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V1700002016-03-24. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
20161282016-03-22. Brakes

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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