Volkswagen Beetle 1999–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin Edition33 · NHTSA communication 10242388 · issued Apr 22, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1999–2013
model years
39
vehicle entries
Official summary
VW Elsa Newsletter
Vehicles covered
- 2008 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2009 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2010 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2011 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2012 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2008 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2009 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2010 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2011 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2008 Volkswagen CC
- 2009 Volkswagen CC
- 2010 Volkswagen CC
- 2011 Volkswagen CC
- 2012 Volkswagen CC
- 2013 Volkswagen CC
- 2007 Volkswagen Eos
- 2008 Volkswagen Eos
- 2009 Volkswagen Eos
- 2008 Volkswagen GTI
- 2009 Volkswagen GTI
- 2010 Volkswagen GTI
- 2011 Volkswagen GTI
- 2012 Volkswagen GTI
- 2013 Volkswagen GTI
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2008 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2013 Volkswagen Tiguan
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.