{"nhtsa_id":10122611,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-11-08","date":"2014-11-05","document_id":"V571404 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 of Customers who comment that the front door is hard to open with exterior handle. For concerns of front door lock hard to release from the outside door handle, or the outside handle binds. 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-10122611-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10122611-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10122611","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":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_volkswagen_jetta","2012_volkswagen_jetta","2013_volkswagen_jetta","2014_volkswagen_jetta","2015_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":[]}