# Service bulletin TT450903

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: 10238964
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-07\-10
- Manufacturer's number: TT450903
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-02\-06
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS; STEERING; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK

## NHTSA's summary

If, after replacement of the steering rack, fault code 01309 008 is set in the ABS/ESP module only, follow the test plan in GFF for Driver Steering Recommendation \(DSR\) or channel 3 activation. If the test plan fails to clear the fault, follow the direction below using Vehicle Self Diagnosis in Address Word 44 \- Steering Assistance

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2009/MC-10238964-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2009/MC-10238964-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Air bags, Brakes, Electrical system, Steering, Steering gear

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2005 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2007 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2005 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2005 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2005 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2005 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2006 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2010 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2005 to 2008 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2009 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [08V577000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V577000.md), 2008-11-03: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TT450904](/bulletins/10238965.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:PARKING ASSIST:SENSORS; POWER TRAIN; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STEERING:STEERING CONTROL MODULE. Some Golf, GTI, Jetta, and Passat vehicles equipped with electromechanical power steering have the G85 steering angle sensor located in the steering rack. These vehicles do not have a G85 in the steering column. To determine G85 location, check the J500 Power steering control module part number in the GFF printout. Do not use the part number on the steering rack for this check.
- [Dealer Letter \-](/bulletins/10155990.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP COMMUNICATION \(Special Tool Shipment for Upcoming Voluntary Safety Recall 34F6 DQ\-200 Direct\-Shift Gearbox\): This document informs of an upcoming special tool shipment for upcoming voluntary Safety Recall 34F6. This document also informs of the continents of the shipment.
- [TB\-35\-11\-01](/bulletins/10041250.md), 2011-09-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). VOLKSWAGEN: THE GEAR BOX HAS A MOMENTARILY DELAY WHILE ACCELERATING. \*RM
- [CSC\-37E6\-S8](/bulletins/10034825.md), 2011-01-19, Service bulletin: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. IN SOME VEHICLES IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A BUSHING INSIDE THE MECHATRONIC UNIT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE CLUTCHES INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION TO OPERATE LESS SMOOTHLY THAN BEFORE. \*PE UPDATED 3/21/11. \*PE
- [CSC\-37E6](/bulletins/10034044.md), 2010-10-13, Service bulletin: STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. SOME VEHICLES IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A BUSHING INSIDE THE MECHATRONIC UNIT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE CLUTCHES INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION TO OPERATE LESS SMOOTHLY THAN BEFORE. JETTA, JETTA SPORTWAGEN/WAGON, GTI, R32, EOS. CSC LETTER WAS REC'D. \*PE \(LOANER CLARIFIED\) UPDATED 3/21/11. \*PE

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