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Service bulletins for the 2012 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.

837 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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01-13-142013-07-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A MISFIRE AND/OR REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE. *JS
48-13-022013-05-07. Service bulletin. STEERING. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT POOR POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE. DTCS MAY BE STORED IN POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE J500. ALSOINCLUDED MODEL JETTA SPORTWAGEN MODEL YEAR 2010-2012. *JS UPDATED 12/4/13. *PE
TB-19-13-012013-05-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. VOLKSWAGEN: IT IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE FOR THE ELECTRIC COOLANT FANS TO CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED OFF. *JS
TT-57-11-082013-04-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: IF ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WAS REPLACED OR UPDATED, WOULD CAUSE THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY FAILURE TO LOCK DOORS OR ARM ALARM, BUT WILL UNLOCK DOORS. MODELS 2011-2013 GOLF, GTI, JETTA TIGUAN, PASSAT, BEETLE. *PE
TB-20-13-012013-04-09. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: WOULD EXPERIENCE NO START AFTER LONG PERIODS OF NOT DRIVING AND ENGINE RUN ROUGH. TO AVOID UNNECESSARY REPLACEMENTS, HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP DIAGNOSIS TEST IS ESSENTIAL TO PROPER PUMP OPERATION. MODELS 2009-2013 TIGUAN, EOS CC, GTI, BEETLE, CONVERTIBLE, JETTA. *PE
TB-20-13-022013-03-26. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP DIAGNOSIS. ENGINE CRANK, NO START AFTER LONG PERIODS WITHOUT DRIVING. ENGINE MAY RUN ROUGH, AND OR MIL-ON WITH DTC P0087-LOW FUEL PRESSURE STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL EOS YEAR 2013, MODEL GIT YEAR 2013, MODEL BEETLE COVERTIBLE YEAR 2009-2013. *JS UPDATED 7/10/13. *PE
TB-20-12-022013-03-05. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: WHEN NOT DRIVEN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, WOULD HAVE ENGINE CRANK, BUT NO START. SOMETIMES ENGINE MAY RUN ROUGHT AND/OR MIL ON. MODELS 2009-2013 TIGUAN, EOS, CC, GTI, BEETLE, JETTA. *PE
2412082013-01-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VOLKSWAGEN: INTAKE MANIFOLD RESTRICTION CHECK. MIL-ON AND 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC CODES MAY BE STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. *JS
V2012032013-01-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. VOLKSWAGEN:EVAPORATIVE (EVAP) EMISSION SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE DIAGNOSIS. REVISED PROCEDURE DEVELOPED TO TEST EVAP SYSTEM WITHOUT FUEL CAP. *JS
TB-69-12-022012-12-08. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: DUE TO A LOOSE OR UNFASTENED CONNECTOR FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG, THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP MAY ILLUMINATE IN INSTRUMENT PANEL. MODELS 2010-2013 GOLF, GTI, JETTA SPORTWAGEN, JETTA SEDAN. *PE
TB-15-12-012012-09-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: ALL MODELS EXPERIENCE THE TIMING CHAIN SLIPPING, RATTLING NOISES OF THE ENGINE AFTER STARTING, AND ENGINE FAILS TO START. 2008-13 ALL MODELS. *PE
V-6912022012-08-07. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS. VOLKSWAGEN: AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, DTC B101614 STORED IN AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE. AIRBAG LAM IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAY ILLUMINATE DUE TO UNFASTENED CONNECTOR FOR PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING LAMP. *JS UPDATED 04/11/2013 *JS

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.