{"nhtsa_id":10120318,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-21","date":"2014-09-10","document_id":"V571402 2038202","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Front Door Locks Hard to Release): This document informs the customer may comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. This is due to the front door lock operation being affected by various climate or temperature conditions, and as a result may require increased effort to release. 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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120318-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120318-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10120318","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":"BEETLE CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}