Volkswagen Tiguan 2009–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 2016-018 · NHTSA communication 10126905 · issued Oct 13, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2016
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Investigation request sent to ProFI Program dealers to obtain pictures showing the current condition of turbocharger wastegate rods from turbochargers being replaced on select vehicles.
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.