Service bulletins for the 2003 Volkswagen Golf
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.
217 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| M3 | 2006-01-18. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN CIRCULAR - SEAT HEATER ELEMENT CAN MALFUNCTION WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS ON AND THE SEAT HEATER SWITCH IS ON. THE SEAT HEATER MAT MAY TEMPORARILY OVERHEAT AND BECOME INOPERATIVE. INSTALL NEW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT HEATER SWITCH. *TT UPDATED 08-21-07. *KB |
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| 11292005 | 2006-01-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE PRE-HEATER INSTALLATION. CALIX. *TT |
| 0501 | 2005-12-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR. DOOR WINDOW, SEPARATES FROM WINDOW REGULATOR CLAMPS. *JB |
| VV | 2005-05-04. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. COMFORT SEATS MAY HAVE A SEAT HEATER ELEMENT THAT CAN MALFUNCTION WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS ON. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN VV. *TT |
| 0502 | 2005-03-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1603 (18011) STORED IN DTC MEMORY. *TT |
| 004 | 2005-01-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE (ECT) SENSOR. *TC |
| 0403 | 2004-08-31. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE, FLUCTUATING IDLE OR IDLE SPEED TOO LOW. *MJ |
| 0402 | 2004-07-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE, FLUCTUATING IDLE OR IDLE SPEED TOO LOW. *MJ |
| 0401 | 2004-07-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) P1347/17755 AND P1340/17748 STORED IN MEMORY. INCLUDING VARIOUS MODELS VOLKSWAGEN 2002-2003. *MJ |
| 0412 | 2004-07-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) ON, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) STORED IN DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) MEMORY. *MJ |
| 0409 | 2004-07-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. EVALUATING FUEL MIXTURE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES- HOW TO PERFORM EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSIS RELATED TO FUEL SYSTEM ADAPTATION - SYSTEM TOO RICH/TOO LEAN. VOLKSWAGEN. *MJ |
| 0401 | 2004-05-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. REVERSE GEAR, DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE. *MR |
| 0401 | 2004-04-13. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. NEW STYLE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REQUIRES CARE DURING INSTALLATION TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO SWITCH. *TT |
| WG | 2004-03-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION COILS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF ONE OF THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION COIL FAILS, ROUGH IDLING OR REDUCED DRIVING POWER COULD OCCUR IN ADDITION TO ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP LIGHT. *TT *MJ |
| 0303 | 2004-03-10. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY, INSTALLING REPLACEMENT PART. REPLACEMENT ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY DOES NOT FIT OVER LOWER MOUNTING STUD. *TT |
| 0301 | 2003-06-06. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. MULTI-FUNCTION TRIP COMPUTER, ACCURACY CONCERNS WITH AVERAGE TRIP FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATION. VARIOUS MODELS INCLUDING THE JETTA WAGON. *TT |
| 0202 | 2003-04-01. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. ARMREST, LOOSE, DOES NOT RATCHET CORRECTLY. *TT |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.