{"nhtsa_id":10240593,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-08-14","date":"2014-03-18","document_id":"19J5","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10240593-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10240593-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10240593","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"cooling-system","name":"Cooling system","parent":"engine"},{"id":"water-pump","name":"Water pump","parent":"engine"}],"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":[]}