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Service bulletin Edition45

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 id10242393
Published by NHTSA2023-09-18
Manufacturer's numberEdition45
Manufacturer's date2013-07-22
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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

Body and frame, Electrical system, Engine, Fuel system, Steering, Transmission and driveline, Fuel pump

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2010
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2010
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2010
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2010

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

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