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Service bulletins for the 2008 Volkswagen Touareg

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.

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

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V011420 20377402017-10-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. Technical Bulletin (Update Programming for Catalyst System Bank Efficiency Below Threshold): This document informs of diagnostic fault codes which state that the Catalyst System Bank Efficiency is Below Threshold this is because the Diagnostic strategy was too sensitive. The production solution for this issue was to stop making the Engine Control Module, and thus it is out of production. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available.
V011613_20338052017-06-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE. "ENGINE, MISFIRE DIAGNOSTIC AID THE MIL IS FLASHING OR ILLUMINATED."
TT011605_20454872017-03-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE. ENHANCED DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE FOR DTCS P0088 AND P1025
01-13-142013-07-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A MISFIRE AND/OR REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE. *JS
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
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-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
TB-01-12-042012-04-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: GASOLINE ENGINES HAVE ROUGH IDLE, HAVE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER OR STALLING WITH REDUCED PERFORMANCE. *PE
TB-15-11-042012-03-09. 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
SB-10-11-012011-06-24. 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
TSB-01-07-642010-02-27. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: DUE TO FUEL INTRUSION INTO THE LOW PRESSURE SIDE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR G410, A FALSE SIGNAL MAY BE SENT TO THE ECM RESULTING IN A READING THAT IS OUT OF TOLERANCE. A FALSE SIGNAL MAY RESULT IN ILLUMINATION OF THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP AND DTC P129F OR DTC P310B BEING STORED IN FAULT MEMORY. IMPROVED FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR G410 TO AIR AGAINST FUEL INTRUSION. *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

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