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Service bulletin Edition54

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 id10242376
Published by NHTSA2023-09-18
Manufacturer's numberEdition54
Manufacturer's date2013-10-07
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

VW Elsa Newsletter

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

Brakes, Engine, Engine control module

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2011, 2012
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2012
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN

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

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