{"nhtsa_id":10125821,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-14","date":"2013-06-13","document_id":"V271301 2033978","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Generator Replacement): This document informs of Charging System inoperative/malfunctions, noise from engine compartment, accessory drive belt damaged or missing. From this condition one or more of the following symptoms are possible * Discharged Battery * No Start * Battery Indicator illuminated in Instrument Cluster * \"Low Voltage\" DTCs in various control modules * Engine noise * Accessory Drive Belt damaged or missing If a generator is replaced, there must be a confirmed failed GFF Test Plan available, or in the event of a mechanical failure of the component, complete and detailed documentation of the reason for the replacement, which must be submitted into the warranty claim comments.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10125821-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10125821-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10125821","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_beetle","2013_volkswagen_beetle","2014_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_beetle","2013_volkswagen_beetle","2014_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"CC","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_cc"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"CC","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"CC","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_volkswagen_cc"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"EOS","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_eos","2013_volkswagen_eos","2014_volkswagen_eos"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_golf","2013_volkswagen_golf","2014_volkswagen_golf"]},{"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"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF R","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_volkswagen_golf"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GTI","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_gti","2013_volkswagen_gti","2014_volkswagen_gti"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_jetta","2013_volkswagen_jetta","2014_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA SPORTWAGEN","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen","2013_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen","2014_volkswagen_jetta-sportwagen"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_passat","2013_volkswagen_passat","2014_volkswagen_passat"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"TIGUAN","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_tiguan","2013_volkswagen_tiguan","2014_volkswagen_tiguan"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"TOUAREG","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_touareg","2013_volkswagen_touareg","2014_volkswagen_touareg"]}],"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":[]}