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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 id10242397
Published by NHTSA2023-09-18
Manufacturer's numberEdition40
Manufacturer's date2013-06-17
NHTSA componentVISIBILITY/WIPER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

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

Electrical system, Engine, Fuel system, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Wipers and washers

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2006, 2007

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

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