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Volkswagen Beetle 1999–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin VWS1303 · NHTSA communication 10239262 · issued Jul 10, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1999–2013
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

In SAGA, the time units for the Volkswagen DoubleCheck labor operation were reduced in error from 50 time units to 30 time units during the system update posted on July 4th.

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.