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Service bulletin 01 9706

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 id53603
Published by NHTSA1999-12-02
Manufacturer's number01 9706
Manufacturer's date1997-04-10
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

NHTSA's summary

ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START, POSSIBLEDTC'S STORED IN TCM DTC MEMORY

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1993 to 1994
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1995, 1996
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1993
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1994 to 1995
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1996
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19952211995-12-11. Engine
95V1780001995-09-20. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

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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