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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 id10242399
Published by NHTSA2023-09-18
Manufacturer's numberEdition26
Manufacturer's date2013-03-04
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; STRUCTURE

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, Equipment and accessories, Fuel system

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO2000, 2001, 2002
VOLKSWAGEN CC2005 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2005 to 2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2004
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WAGON2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.6 COMFORTLINE2011
VOLKSWAGEN R322004
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2005
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2013
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2005 to 2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2003
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V6150002019-08-22. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
20174582017-09-20. Fuel System
17V5830002017-09-20. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
20173982017-08-16. Fuel System
17V5090002017-08-16. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
20171232017-03-08. Fuel System
17V1510002017-03-08. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
16V1710002016-03-24. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
20161322016-03-23. Electrical
15V1940002015-04-01. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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