# Service bulletin 941401

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10253213
- Published by NHTSA: 2024\-04\-15
- Manufacturer's number: 941401
- Manufacturer's date: 2011\-02\-14
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER

## NHTSA's summary

Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2011/MC-10253213-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2011/MC-10253213-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Lighting, Headlights

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2011 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2003 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2013 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2000 to 2002 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO
- 2009 to 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2014 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2006 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2007 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2000 to 2004 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN
- 2000 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2007 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2010 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2013 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2000 to 2003 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2005 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2000 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2013 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA HYBRID
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN
- 2002 to 2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WAGON
- 2007 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE
- 2000 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2000 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON
- 2004 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2006 to 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2003 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG
- 2004 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG
- 2011 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V389000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V389000.md), 2019-05-22: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- [14V125000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V125000.md), 2014-03-17: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- [07V442000](/recalls/nhtsa/07V442000.md), 2007-09-24: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [941403](/bulletins/10253215.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation
- [941402](/bulletins/10253214.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation
- [TT961401](/bulletins/10252936.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. With HID headlights
- [Edition86](/bulletins/10243011.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition70](/bulletins/10243002.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [TT961401](/bulletins/10237760.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. For vehicles with HID headlights, the headlight range can be manually adjusted to the vehicle loading condition once the low beams are switched on \(Figure 1, adjustment knob 2\). This feature helps ensure proper aiming of the vehicle headlights.
- [V941402 2011521](/bulletins/10124287.md), 2017-12-05, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. Technical Bulletin \(Exterior Lights, Moisture Accumulation\): Exterior light assemblies \(headlights, taillights, fog lights, turn signals\) are vented and may collect moisture on their inner surfaces, depending on humidity and other climatic changes. This document discusses necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue.
- [TT 96\-14\-01](/bulletins/10122243.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. Tech Tips \(With HID headlights\): For vehicles with HID headlights, the headlight range can be manually adjusted. This document informs of the advantages of this feature
- [VWP\-13\-17](/bulletins/10053495.md), 2013-11-01, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; EQUIPMENT. VOLKSWAGEN: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING WARRANTY INFORMATION, ON SOME VEHICLES, FOR FACTORY INSTALLED HID HEADLIGHT BULB\(S\) LIMITED EXTENSION WARRANTY. MODELS 2004\-2007 TOUAREG. \*PE
- [TB\-94\-10\-02](/bulletins/10036467.md), 2011-03-16, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. VOLKSWAGEN: HEADLIGHTS MAY INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. THE HEADLAMPS OR INSIDE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE SPEED. AT IDLE SPEED THE ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE CAN FLUCTUATE, AS THE ALTERNATOR CANNOT FULLY COMPENSATE THE FLUCTUATIONS. GOLF \& WAGON GTI, NEW BEETLE \& CONVERTIBLE, EOS, JETTA \& WAGON \& SPORTWAGON, RABBIT, R32, TIGUAN. \*PE

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