Volkswagen Beetle 2011–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin OCA3 · NHTSA communication 10236476 · issued Jan 13, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2011–2016
model years
29
vehicle entries
Official summary
On-car analysis list.
Vehicles covered
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2014 Volkswagen CC
- 2015 Volkswagen CC
- 2016 Volkswagen CC
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2011 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2012 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2013 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2014 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2015 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.