Volkswagen Touareg 2005–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 0517 · NHTSA communication 10018805 · issued Dec 20, 2005
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2005–2006
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Update programming transmission control module (tcm) for improved upshifting. Customer states transmission seems to upshift too soon or too often. *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.