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Service bulletin 261302

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 id10239822
Published by NHTSA2023-07-31
Manufacturer's number261302
Manufacturer's date2013-03-08
NHTSA componentBACK OVER PREVENTION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

TDI Common Rail High Pitch Whine Noise after Switching Ignition OFF

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, Electrical system, Backup camera

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013

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

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