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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 id10243023
Published by NHTSA2023-10-02
Manufacturer's numberEdition103
Manufacturer's date2014-09-15
NHTSA componentSTEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

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, Latches and locks, Steering

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2008, 2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2011
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CC2008 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2008 to 2009
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF WAGON2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2008, 2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.6 COMFORTLINE2011
VOLKSWAGEN R322008
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2008, 2009
VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT2010 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2008
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID2011 (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
15V1940002015-04-01. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
20142662014-07-02. Electrical
14V3960002014-07-01. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
20140692014-03-05. Electrical
13V5690002013-11-22. EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
20134032013-11-13. Electrical
11V1960002011-03-29. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
20111322011-03-25. Electrical
11V1510002011-03-01. 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.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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9314012024-04-15. Service bulletin. High-voltage repairs on Hybrid and Electric vehicles
9313022024-04-15. Service bulletin. High Voltage Repairs on Hybrid Vehicles