Volkswagen Beetle 1999–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0502 · NHTSA communication 10012457 · issued Jan 14, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999–2005
model years
38
vehicle entries
Official summary
Diagnostic trouble code (dtc) p1603 (18011) stored in dtc memory. *tt
Vehicles covered
- 1999 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2000 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2001 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2002 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2003 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2004 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2005 Volkswagen Beetle
- 1999 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2000 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2001 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2002 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2003 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 1999 Volkswagen Golf
- 2000 Volkswagen Golf
- 2001 Volkswagen Golf
- 2002 Volkswagen Golf
- 2003 Volkswagen Golf
- 2004 Volkswagen Golf
- 2005 Volkswagen Golf
- 1999 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2000 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2001 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2002 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2003 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2004 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2005 Volkswagen Jetta
- 1999 Volkswagen Passat
- 2000 Volkswagen Passat
- 2001 Volkswagen Passat
- 2002 Volkswagen Passat
- 2003 Volkswagen Passat
- 2004 Volkswagen Passat
- 2005 Volkswagen Passat
- 2004 Volkswagen Phaeton
- 2005 Volkswagen Phaeton
- 2004 Volkswagen R32
- 2004 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2005 Volkswagen Touareg
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.