{"nhtsa_id":10038771,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-06-27","date":"2011-04-15","document_id":"SB-15-11-21","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLKSWAGEN: MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND THERE IS NOISE FROM THE TIMING CHAIN. ENGINE IS DIFFICULT TO START AND THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE TROUBLE CODES STORED. THERE IS POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE CAMSHAFT. *RM","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10038771","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"AUDI","model":"A3","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_audi_a3"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"A4","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_audi_a4"]},{"make":"AUDI","model":"TT","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_audi_tt"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}