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Service bulletins for the 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton

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.

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

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TB-35-11-012011-09-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION). VOLKSWAGEN: THE GEAR BOX HAS A MOMENTARILY DELAY WHILE ACCELERATING. *RM
SAC-28F3/P1-REV2011-03-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. VOLKSWAGEN: GASOLINE ENGINE VEHICLES INSPECT, AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE IGNITION COILS. VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION MAY HAVE IGNITION COILS THAT COULD MALFUNCTION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. MODELS PASSAT AND WAGON; GOLF; GTI; JETTA AND WAGON; NEW BEETLE AND CONVERTIBLE; PHAETON; EOS; RABBIT, ETC. *PE
TB-00-10-062011-03-23. Service bulletin. CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP. VOLKSWAGEN: CHILD RESTRAINT LATCH GUIDANCE FIXTURE; COMPLIANCE WITH FMVSS 225 (USA ONLY). UPDATE TO EXISTING TECHNICAL BULLETIN. NO PRODUCTION CHANGE REQUIRED. ALL MODELS. *PE
SA-28F32010-07-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. VOLKSWAGEN: (REVISED) VEHICLES MAY HAVE IGNITION COILS THAT COULD MALFUNCTION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WILL ILLUMINATED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DETERIORATION IN PERFORMANCE. IN SOME CASES, A MALFUNCTIONING IGNITION COIL MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE TO EXCEED FEDERAL AND/OR CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS. 2001-2007 PASSA/PASSAT WAGON. *PE UPDATED 8/9/10. *PE UPDATED 11/8/10. *PE UPDATED 12/8/10. *PE UPDATED 2/28/11. *PE UPDATED 3/21/11. *PE
SB-28F32010-07-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. VOLKSWAGEN: VEHICLES MAY HAVE IGNITION COILS THAT COULD MALFUNCTION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) WILL ILLUMINATED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE VEHICLE MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DETERIORATION IN PERFORMANCE. IN SOME CASES, A MALFUNCTIONING IGNITION COIL MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE TO EXCEED FEDERAL AND/OR CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS STANDARDS. NO MODELS LISTED. *PE
20158312008-12-30. 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
06022006-03-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. NOISE INSULATION COVER (LOWER), RELOCATING FASTENERS AND RE-TORQUE TRANSMISSION OIL PAN BOLTS (BL). *TT
05062005-12-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INTERVENTION LOAD MANGEMENT.
05042005-09-14. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INTERVENTION LOAD MANAGEMENT. ELECTRICAL CONSUMER MALFUNCTIONS, MESSAGE IN MFI ALERTING DRIVER THAT ELECTRICAL CONSUMERS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN, VEHICLE WILL NOT START. *TT
04012005-08-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY DISTORTION. *TT
04072005-08-18. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. TRUNK LID HARNESS, INSTALLING REPAIR HARNESS *SC
VC2005-07-29. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. INSTALL MERCURY LABEL ON VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF VERMONT, MAINE AND CONNECTICUT - ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTION CIRCULAR. *TT
05022005-05-19. Service bulletin. SEATS. FRONT SEAT LUMBAR SUPPORT SQUEAKING. SUPERSEDES 05-01 DATED JAN 28 2005. *EH FRONT AND REAR SEAT, LUMBAR SUPPORT SQUEAKING. *TT
05012005-05-19. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. REAR DOOR SUNSHADE REPAIRING BRIKEN HANDLE. *EH
05022005-03-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P1603 (18011) STORED IN DTC MEMORY. *TT
04072005-02-04. Service bulletin. TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM, MODULE CODING. *TT
04062005-02-04. Service bulletin. TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS), DIAGNOSING. *TT
04032005-01-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. IGNITION KEY EMERGENCY RELEASE REVISION. *TC
04012004-10-25. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. IGNITION/STARTER SWITCH -E415- DELETION OF EMERGENCY KEY RELEASE FEATURE. *TT
04012004-04-15. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE PASSENGER OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM (PODS), THE PASSENGER SEAT BOLSTER OR THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE, FAULT CODE 02511 014 - SEAT OCCUPIED RECOGNITION CONTROL MODULE FAULTY - APPEARS. *TT
04032004-04-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) 00317 05 IS STORED IN CONVENIENCE CONTROL MODULE DTC MEMORY. *TT
04022004-04-15. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. VAS 5051, VAS 5052 GUIDED FAULT FINDING (GFF) DIAGNOSTICS, CONTROL MODULE COMMUNICATION ISSUES. *TT

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