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Volkswagen Golf 2015–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SM07-2016VWMEX · NHTSA communication 10095214 · issued Sep 7, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015–2016
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

This special notice is to inform dealers to return all parts not marked with a green mark and ok mark. This special notice is to inform dealers to return all clocks built prior to software level 006 and hardware level 009

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.