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Service bulletin TB481302

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 id10238031
Published by NHTSA2023-06-26
Manufacturer's numberTB481302
Manufacturer's date2013-03-18
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING

NHTSA's summary

Poor Power Steering Assistance, DTCs 16344 014, 16353 014, 16355 014, 02614 014 Stored in Power Steering Control Module J500

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

Electrical system, Steering

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2010, 2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V6150002019-08-22. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
16V1710002016-03-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20161322016-03-23. Electrical
11V1960002011-03-29. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
20111322011-03-25. Electrical

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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