Service bulletins for the 2008 Volkswagen GTI
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.
457 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
By type
By component
By trouble code
By topic
| TB-17-09-01 | 2009-09-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: DUE TO CHANGE IN COOLANT AND ENGINE OIL PART NUMBERS CHECK/REPLACE OIL COOLER. ON SOME VEHICLES WITH 2.0I TFSI ENGINE LEAKS ON THE OIL COOLER CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF A PRODUCTION FAULT. *PE |
|---|---|
| TSB-01-08-12 | 2009-03-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). VOLKSWAGEN: THE INTAKE FLAP MOTOR OR INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER POSITION SENSOR G336 MAY BE INOPERATIVE (BOTH ARE INCLUDED IN ONE SINGLE UNIT). MODELS GOLF, GTI, A5 JETTA, GLI, EOS, PASSAT, PASSAT WAGON. *PE UPDATED 9/25/09. *PE |
| 2015831 | 2008-12-30. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD, REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES. HEAT SHIELDS ARE TO BE INSPECTED AFTER COMPLETION O ANY TYPE OF REPAIR TO THE UNDERBODY (EXHAUST SYSTEM TRANSMISSION, ETC.), AND IF DAMAGED, REPLACED. *PE |
| 94-08-02 | 2008-09-17. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. VOLKSWAGEN:WATER LEAK, TAIL LAMP AREA: WATER INTRUSION IN REAR OF VEHICLE, AROUND REAR TAIL LAMP AREA, OR EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF WATER VISIBLE INSIDE REAR TAIL LAMPS. *PE |
| 010769 | 2008-04-16. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. MIL ON, DTC P129F AND/OR P310B STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. *NJ |
| 01 08 07 | 2008-04-11. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. AIRBAG MONITORING LIGHT ON, PASSENGER OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM, DTC 02511 014 STORED IN MEMORY. *NJ |
| 0702 | 2008-02-22. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. SEAT, HEATING INOPERATIVE - SEAT HEATER WILL NOT OPERATE PROPERLY OR BECOMES INOPERATIVE. *NJ |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.