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Volkswagen Tiguan 2010–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin V011412 2037357 · NHTSA communication 10120161 · issued Jun 11, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2010–2014
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Technical Bulletin (Slow Speed Stumble Possibly Following Starting/Restart issues): Customer may state the vehicle intermittently shudders and/or stumbles at slow speeds after short periods of parking following a drive cycle. This production solution to this issue was Improved ECM software for Make Year 2015 Tiguan, prior models require a software update. This document informs on the software versions nessary for various engine types for make years between 2010 and 2014

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.