Volkswagen Beetle 2010–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin V371301 2033975 · NHTSA communication 10125819 · issued Jun 10, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010–2014
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
Technical Bulletin (Automatic Transmission Fluid Requirements): At this time, Volkswagen Group of America, Volkswagen Canada do not support or warranty any use of aftermarket universal automatic transmission fluids or the machines used to flush the transmissions. This applies to all standard automatic and DSG transmissions.
Vehicles covered
- 2010 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2011 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2012 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2010 Volkswagen CC
- 2011 Volkswagen CC
- 2012 Volkswagen CC
- 2013 Volkswagen CC
- 2014 Volkswagen CC
- 2010 Volkswagen Eos
- 2011 Volkswagen Eos
- 2012 Volkswagen Eos
- 2013 Volkswagen Eos
- 2014 Volkswagen Eos
- 2010 Volkswagen Golf
- 2011 Volkswagen Golf
- 2012 Volkswagen Golf
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf
- 2012 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2010 Volkswagen GTI
- 2011 Volkswagen GTI
- 2012 Volkswagen GTI
- 2013 Volkswagen GTI
- 2014 Volkswagen GTI
- 2010 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2011 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2011 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2010 Volkswagen Passat
- 2011 Volkswagen Passat
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2010 Volkswagen Routan
- 2011 Volkswagen Routan
- 2012 Volkswagen Routan
- 2013 Volkswagen Routan
- 2014 Volkswagen Routan
- 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2014 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2010 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2011 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2012 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2013 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.