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Volkswagen Golf 2016–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin 97CH - Dealer Le · NHTSA communication 10128057 · issued Feb 13, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2017
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

On vehicles produced within a specific timeframe it is possible that a light bulb is defective but is not detected and therefore not displayed in the instrument cluster. Furthermore it is possible that a correctly functioning light bulb shows as defective.

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.