Volkswagen Routan 2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin V381501 2024846 · NHTSA communication 10121195 · issued Feb 3, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Technical Bulletin: This document concerns that some vehicles may have been built with transmission transfer gear bearings that have an incorrect bearing preload, which can result in transfer gear bearing noise. This document diagnoses and talks about servicing the issue
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.