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Volkswagen Golf 2015–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin TT 38 18 01 · NHTSA communication 10150859 · issued Sep 7, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015–2017
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Transmission mechitronics adaptation to immobilizer instruction.

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.