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Service bulletin 571407

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10239419
Published by NHTSA2023-07-17
Manufacturer's number571407
Manufacturer's date2014-12-18
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

Corrosion on Front Doors (Multiple Locations)

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2004, 2005, 2006

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

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