{"nhtsa_id":10239804,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-07-31","date":"2013-12-13","document_id":"TT720802","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER; SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Pulling up on any of the third row seating legs is not recommended (Figure 1) as this may cause the leg(s) to not fold flat when the seat is in the stowed position (figure 2). If the third row seating leg(s) do not fold flat into the seat, the tension spring on the affected leg(s) will need to be replaced.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239804-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239804-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10239804","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"ROUTAN","year_from":2009,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_volkswagen_routan","2010_volkswagen_routan","2011_volkswagen_routan","2012_volkswagen_routan","2013_volkswagen_routan"]}],"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":[]}