Volkswagen Beetle 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin VIN-4-A-PIN Dece · NHTSA communication 10121007 · issued Dec 2, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2014–2017
model years
19
vehicle entries
Official summary
Customer states noise from the engine/turbo and/or MIL-on and misfire faults
Vehicles covered
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen CC
- 2017 Volkswagen CC
- 2016 Volkswagen Eos
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2015 Volkswagen GTI
- 2016 Volkswagen GTI
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2017 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
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.