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Volkswagen Beetle 2006technical 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.