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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 id10242996
Published by NHTSA2023-10-02
Manufacturer's numberEdition115
Manufacturer's date2014-12-08
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; 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

Body and frame, Electrical system, Engine, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Power windows, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014
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, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
VOLKSWAGEN CC2005 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2005 to 2006
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2007 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2013
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2004
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID2013, 2014 (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, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WAGON2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON1998, 1999, 2000, 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, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2005 to 2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2003
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (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
19V8660002019-12-06. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
14V1820002014-04-15. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
09V3330002009-08-20. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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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