Volkswagen Golf 1999–2002 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ESA-26E1 · NHTSA communication 10054864 · issued Sep 18, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999–2002
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
Volkswagen: the catalytic converter monitoring system, with the ecm software, is too sensitive and causes the malfunction indicator lamp (mil) to come on and exceed emissions standards for federal and/or california. Model 1999-2002 jetta, golf, gti. *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.