Service bulletins for the 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan
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.
789 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| TB-20-12-02 | 2013-03-05. 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 |
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| V201203 | 2013-01-24. 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-15-12-01 | 2012-09-11. 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 |
| TB-15-11-04 | 2012-03-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: CERTAIN MODEL YEAR VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING ENGINE NOT STARTING, MAKING A RATTLING NOISE WHEN ENGINE HAS STARTED, TIMING CHAIN KEEPS SLIPPING AND EXHAUST LIGHT COMES ON. *PE |
| TB-35-11-01 | 2011-09-21. 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 |
| SB-90-11-01 | 2011-06-24. Service bulletin. PARKING BRAKE. VOLKSWAGEN: WHEN THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE USED FOR AN EXTENDED TIME THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS DUE TO A SOFTWARE CONCERN: WARNING LIGHT SYMBOL STAYS ON AFTER THEY ARE TURNED OFF. OPEN DOOR AND HATCH SYMBOLS ARE SHOWN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CLOSED. PARKING BRAKE CANNOT BE RELEASED. UPDATED ON 06/24/2011. *KB UPDATED A SECOND TIME ON 06/24/2011. *KB UPDATED A SECOND TIME ON 06/27/2011. *RM |
| SB-39-11-01 | 2011-06-24. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. VOLKSWAGEN: THERE IS POOR PERFORMANCE AND VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ON. THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE STORED TROUBLE CODES. IT COULD BE CAUSED BY A WIRING HARNESS. *RM |
| SB-20-11-01 | 2011-06-24. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VOLKSWAGEN: MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON WITH TWO POSSIBLE FAULT CODES PRESENT. THIS IS A FUEL PRESSURE CONCERN. *RM |
| SB-10-11-01 | 2011-06-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND THERE IS NOISE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. MULTIPLE TROUBLE CODES POSSIBLY STORED. ALL MODELS 2008-2012. *RM |
| TB-20-10-02 | 2011-03-23. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL. VOLKSWAGEN: MIL ON; DTC P0087 AND/OR P0192 STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CODES MAY BE STORED IN THE ECM FAULT MEMORY-LOW FUEL RAIL PRESSURE DETECTED; FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR CIRCUIT LOW. ASSISTANCE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE A FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR-G247-CONCERN. MODELS CC, EOS, PASSAT AND WAGON, GTI, (A5) JETTA, (A6) JETTA, TIGUAN. *PE |
| TB-00-10-06 | 2011-03-23. 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 |
| TB-94-10-02 | 2011-03-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. VOLKSWAGEN: HEADLIGHTS MAY INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. THE HEADLAMPS OR INSIDE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE SPEED. AT IDLE SPEED THE ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE CAN FLUCTUATE, AS THE ALTERNATOR CANNOT FULLY COMPENSATE THE FLUCTUATIONS. GOLF & WAGON GTI, NEW BEETLE & CONVERTIBLE, EOS, JETTA & WAGON & SPORTWAGON, RABBIT, R32, TIGUAN. *PE |
| TB-09-10-02 | 2011-02-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. VOLKSWAGEN: HEADLIGHTS MAY INTERMITTENTLY DIM SLIGHTLY AT IDLE. AT IDLE SPEED THE ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE CAN FLUCTUATE, AS THE ALTERNATOR CANNOT FULLY COMPENSATE THE FLUCTUATIONS. SOME ELECTRIC CONSUMERS COME ON IN CYCLES OR HAVE NO CONSTANT CURRENT CONSUMPTION, WHICH AMPLIFIES THIS EFFECT. THE LOAD CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE BATTERY CAN ALSO INFLUENCE THIS EFFECT. MODELS GOLF, GTI, NEW BEETLE & CONVERTIBLE, EOS, JETTA, WAGON, SPORTWAGEN, RABBIT, R32, GOLF WAGON, TIGUAN. *PE |
| TB-80-10-03 | 2011-02-10. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. VOLKSWAGEN: HVAC BLOWER ONLY OPERATES ON HIGH SPEED (US ONLY). FRESH AIR BLOWER RUNS ONLY AT HIGHEST LEVEL. BECAUSE OF PERMANENT FROST AND SNOWFALL FINE SNOW CAN GET INTO THE FRESH AIR BLOWER VIA THE AIR INTAKE. *PE |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.