{"nhtsa_id":10238008,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-06-26","date":"2013-05-09","document_id":"TB441302","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"WHEELS; SUSPENSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Technical Bulletin provides an overview for performing vehicle four Wheel Alignment, and information on improving vehicle drift/pull using selective tire placement. The information provided is based on the Hunter alignment equipment, Hunter GSP9700 with StraighTrak (VAS 6230x ) and John Bean RFV2000 with OptiLine (VAS 6311A) diagnostic balancer. The alignment information provided in this bulletin is not limited to the Hunter alignment equipment, and still applies with the use of other Volkswagen approved alignment equipment. The diagnostic procedure for selective tire placement, to improve vehicle drift/pull, will require the use of one of the diagnostic balancers previously mentioned.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10238008-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10238008-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10238008","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"wheels","name":"Wheels","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":"BEETLE CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2013_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_jetta","2013_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA HYBRID","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2013_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"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":[]}