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Service bulletin 9705309704A

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 id53615
Published by NHTSA1998-03-30
Manufacturer's number9705309704A
Manufacturer's date1997-05-30
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

CONDITIONS WITH TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT IN/OUT OF REVERSE. *YC

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1997
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1997
VOLKSWAGEN GTI
VOLKSWAGEN GTI1997
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1997

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
00 97061999-12-02. Service bulletin. CHART IDENTIFIES WHICH TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULES (TMC) ARE AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS STATES. *AK
34 97031999-12-02. Service bulletin. TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR/SHIFTER FEELS LIKE IT HAS A DOUBLE DETENT WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, AND WILL NOT MAINTAIN SHIFT ADJUSTMENT. *AK
9704109702F1998-03-30. Service bulletin. DIFFICULTIES WITH SHIFT LEVER AND TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE GEAR. *YC