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Service bulletin V4016012043146_4

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 id11026184
Published by NHTSA2025-12-05
Manufacturer's numberV4016012043146_4
Manufacturer's date2025-11-18
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

What is and what is not a leaking suspension strut.

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN CC2009 to 2011
VOLKSWAGEN CC2012
VOLKSWAGEN CC2013
VOLKSWAGEN CC2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN EOS2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2022
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2022 to 2024
VOLKSWAGEN GTI2025
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2022
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN2009, 2010
VOLKSWAGEN TAOS2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
25V4340002025-06-30. SERVICE BRAKES; SUSPENSION
20253552025-06-25. Suspension
20226122022-10-26. Suspension
22V8070002022-10-26. SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
20221322022-03-23. Suspension
22V1760002022-03-23. SUSPENSION
21V8120002021-10-15. WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
20196192019-12-11. Suspension
20191162019-03-06. Suspension
19V1880002019-03-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

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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