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Service bulletin 9701219701D

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 id53644
Published by NHTSA1998-03-30
Manufacturer's number9701219701D
Manufacturer's date1997-01-21
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

NHTSA's summary

CONDITIONS REGARDING EXTERIOR DOOR LOCKS CANNOT BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED WITH KEY WHEN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FREEZING. *YC

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

Latches and locks, Door latch

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1994
VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO1995, 1996
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1994 to 1995
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF1996
VOLKSWAGEN GTI1994, 1995, 1996
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA1994, 1995, 1996

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
57 97021999-12-03. Service bulletin. PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING DOOR LOCK KEY CODE IF A NEW KEY MUST BE CUT. *AK
VW57/95041995-11-01. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR DOOR LOCKS FREEZING. *TW
GRP57/95021995-11-01. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR DOOR LOCKS FREEZING. *TW