Volkswagen GTI 2008 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TB-01-09-14 · NHTSA communication 10032415 · issued Jul 22, 2009
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2008
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Volkswagen: update programming engine and transmission control module for intermittent harsh 1-2, 2-3 shift. Customers may experience a harsh shift 1-2, 2-3 during acceleration from a stop, with 60-80% throttle. Under cold engine start up conditions, the problem will appear less frequently than under normal operation temperatures. *pe
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.