Volkswagen Golf 1996–1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9704109702F · NHTSA communication 53606 · issued Apr 10, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1996–1997
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Difficulties with shift lever and transmission is hard to shift into reverse gear. *yc
Vehicles covered
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.