{"nhtsa_id":10124330,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-05","date":"2014-03-18","document_id":"Campaign Circula","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Service Action (2012 and 2013 MY Golf R Coolant Pump): Some customers of 2012 and 2013 model year Golf R vehicles have reported engine compartment noise and hard start issues with their vehicles. Volkswagen has determined that the coolant pump is the source of these concerns. The correct action taken for this issue was to Replace the coolant pump.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10124330-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10124330-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10124330","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF R","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_golf"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF R","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_volkswagen_golf-r"]}],"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":[]}