Volkswagen Beetle 2013–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin V661602_2027119 · NHTSA communication 10107644 · issued Apr 6, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2013–2016
model years
48
vehicle entries
Official summary
Update "conditions not covered by warranty" section, remove oxydation wording, insert anodized wording, and update model year and model applicability.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2013 Volkswagen CC
- 2014 Volkswagen CC
- 2015 Volkswagen CC
- 2016 Volkswagen CC
- 2013 Volkswagen Eos
- 2014 Volkswagen Eos
- 2015 Volkswagen Eos
- 2016 Volkswagen Eos
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportswagen
- 2013 Volkswagen GTI
- 2014 Volkswagen GTI
- 2015 Volkswagen GTI
- 2016 Volkswagen GTI
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2014 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2013 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2014 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2015 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2016 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.