Volkswagen Passat 2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TB-48-07-01 · NHTSA communication 10032807 · issued Dec 20, 2007
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2006
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Volkswagen: steering column, electronic lock inoperative, dtc 02638012 stored in gateway control module. Relay driver for enabling steering column lock-fault in electrical circuit. Internal software fault with j533 data bus on board diagnostic interface (gateway module). *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.