Volkswagen Beetle 2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M4 · NHTSA communication 10018787 · issued Dec 20, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2006
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
If the interior temperature of an affected vehicle drops below 40 degrees f (4 degrees celsius), the vehicle may not start due to a fault within the instrument cluster that may inadvertently activate the anti-theft (immobilizer) feature. *tt
Vehicles covered
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.