{"nhtsa_id":10125720,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-14","date":"2013-07-15","document_id":"V481303 2030353","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Poor Power Steering Assistance): This document informs of Voltage drop in power steering control unit (J500) at start up or during steering operation leading to Poor Power Steering Assistance. The production solution to this issue is improved software. 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/2013/MC-10125720-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10125720-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10125720","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_beetle","2013_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_volkswagen_golf","2011_volkswagen_golf","2012_volkswagen_golf","2013_volkswagen_golf"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GTI","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_volkswagen_gti","2011_volkswagen_gti","2012_volkswagen_gti","2013_volkswagen_gti"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_volkswagen_jetta","2012_volkswagen_jetta","2013_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA SPORTWAGEN","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen","2011_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen","2012_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen","2013_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_passat","2013_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":[]}