# Service bulletin 34 9703

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: 53605
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-12\-02
- Manufacturer's number: 34 9703
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-04\-11
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)

## NHTSA's summary

TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR/SHIFTER FEELS LIKE IT HAS A DOUBLE DETENT WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, AND WILL NOT MAINTAIN SHIFT ADJUSTMENT. \*AK

## 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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1997 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 1996 to 1997 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 1996 to 1997 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 1996 to 1997 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [00 9706](/bulletins/53633.md), 1999-12-02, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHART IDENTIFIES WHICH TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULES \(TMC\) ARE AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS STATES. \*AK
- [9806](/bulletins/603351.md), 1999-02-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. SUBJECT ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID \( ATF \), CHECKING 01 TRANSMISSION. \*YC
- [9705309704A](/bulletins/53615.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. CONDITIONS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT IN/OUT OF REVERSE. \*YC
- [9704169709F](/bulletins/53608.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. SUBJECT ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE CAN ADDITIONALLY RECOGNIZE TWO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES \(DTC\) NOT CURRENTLY SHOWN IN THE REPAIR MANUAL. \*YC
- [9704109702F](/bulletins/53606.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\); POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE. DIFFICULTIES WITH SHIFT LEVER AND TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE GEAR. \*YC

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