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Service bulletin TB011311

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10241283
Published by NHTSA2023-08-28
Manufacturer's numberTB011311
Manufacturer's date2013-04-11
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM)

NHTSA's summary

Update Programming - MIL ON, DTC P0263, P0266, P0269, P0272, P0275 and/or P0278 Stored in ECM Fault Memory

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

Engine, Engine control module

Trouble codes named

P0263, P0266, P0269, P0272, P0275, P0278

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2011, 2012

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

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