Service bulletins for the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle
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.
1101 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Door latch are shown. Show all
| 571403 | 2023-07-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Front Door Locks Hard to Release |
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| 571402 | 2023-07-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Customer may comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. |
| 571401 | 2023-07-17. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Front Door Latches Hard to Release |
| V571404 2038202 | 2017-11-08. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Technical Bulletin (Front Door Locks Hard to Release): This document informs of Customers who comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. For concerns of front door lock hard to release from the outside door handle, or the outside handle binds. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available. |
| V571401 2038202 | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Technical Bulletin (Front Door Latches Hard to Release): This document informs the front door latch operation is affected by various climate or temperature conditions and as a result may require increased effort to release. Therefore Customers may comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. This document is for informing only and informs how to service this issue. |
| V571402 2038202 | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Technical Bulletin (Front Door Locks Hard to Release): This document informs the customer may comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. This is due to the front door lock operation being affected by various climate or temperature conditions, and as a result may require increased effort to release. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available. |
| V571403 2038202 | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Technical Bulletin (Front Door Locks Hard to Release): The front door lock operation is affected by various climate or temperature conditions and as a result may require increased effort to release. Due to this the customer Customer may comment that the front door is hard to open with the exterior handle. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available. |
| TB-57-14-03 | 2014-12-06. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. VOLKSWAGEN: THE EXTERIOR HANDLE ON FRONT DOOR IS VERY HARD TO OPEN DUE TO VARIOUS CLIMATE OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LOCK OPERATION AND MAY REQUIRE MORE OF AN EFFORT TO RELEASE. MODEL 2011-2015 JETTA (A6), GOLF/GTI (A7), BEETLE, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, PASSAT NMS. *PE |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.