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Volkswagen Beetle 2012–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin V911409 2031136 · NHTSA communication 10121613 · issued Oct 6, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2013
model years
18
vehicle entries

Official summary

Technical Bulletin (Update Programming RCD-510 Radio (Premium 8)): This document informs Programming contained in software level(s) 0007, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011, 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015, 0016 for certain RCD-510 Radio (Premium 8) radios may cause Bluetooth audio quality complaints for model year 2012 (SVM 383F). Programming contained in software level 0006, 0007, 0008 for certain RCD-510 Radio (Premium 8) radios may cause Bluetooth audio quality complaints for model year 2013 (SVM 37DC). The production soluton for this issue was software updates for the 2012 and 2013 model years. This document

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.