{"nhtsa_id":10056454,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2014-12-06","date":"2014-09-19","document_id":"TB-57-14-03","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLKSWAGEN: THE EXTERIOR HANDLE ON FRONT DOOR IS VERY HARD TO OPEN DUE TO VARIOUS CLIMATE OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LOCK OPERATION AND MAY REQUIRE MORE OF AN EFFORT TO RELEASE. MODEL 2011-2015 JETTA (A6), GOLF/GTI (A7), BEETLE, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, PASSAT NMS. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10056454","components":[{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"door-latch","name":"Door latch","parent":"latches-locks"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_beetle","2013_volkswagen_beetle","2014_volkswagen_beetle","2015_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_golf"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GTI","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_gti"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_volkswagen_jetta","2012_volkswagen_jetta","2013_volkswagen_jetta","2014_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_passat","2013_volkswagen_passat","2014_volkswagen_passat","2015_volkswagen_passat"]}],"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":[]}