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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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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
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
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
CSC-37E6/S82011-04-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. VOLKSWAGEN SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. IN SOME VEHICLES IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A BUSHING INSIDE THE MECHATRONIC UNIT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE CLUTCHES INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION TO OPERATE LESS SMOOTHLY THAN BEFORE. THE DRIVER WILL BEGIN TO NOTICE CHANGES IN THE WAY THE VEHICLE FEELS AS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS (JERKING). THIS CHANGE CAN BECOME VERY PRONOUNCED, THE VEHICLE REMAINS SAFE TO DRIVE. *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
TB-01-10-102011-01-19. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. 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. *PE
TB-01-07-692010-05-24. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES. VOLKSWAGEN: MIL ON, DTC P129F AND/OR P310B STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. 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. *PE
TB-87-08-022010-05-21. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. VOLKSWAGEN: A/C INOPERATIVE, EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR-G308-DAMAGED OR DISLODGED. SYMPTOMS CAN BE POOR HEAT, NO COOLING, OR INSUFFICIENT COOLING. *PE
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
TB-97-09-022009-09-25. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. VOLKSWAGEN: THE WIRING HARNESS LOCATED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR PAN NEAR THE A PILLAR MAY HAVE A CORRODED SPLICE(S) CONNECTION. LOCATE SPLICE TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE CORROSION. REPAIR WIRING AS PER REPAIR MANUAL. *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
97-08-032008-09-17. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. VOLKSWAGEN: TRAILER LIGHT FUSE CHANGE: FUSE FOR TRAILER TOWING LIGHTS MAY CONTINUE TO OPEN AFTER REPLACEMENT. DOES NOT AFFECT NORMAL VEHICLE LIGHTING. *PE
0107692008-04-16. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. MIL ON, DTC P129F AND/OR P310B STORED IN ECM FAULT MEMORY. *NJ
9007922008-02-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. VOLKSWAGEN - 2006 PASSAT, 2008 TOUAREG U.S. VEHICLES - ODOMETER DISPLAY. *NJ
20146282007-06-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. DOOR, FRONT OR REAR INNER RELEASE HANDLE REMAINS IN OPEN POSITION WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. *KB

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