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Volkswagen Beetle 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin VSS-17-01 · NHTSA communication 10121017 · issued Jan 12, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Notification of the 2.0l Gen 3, Phase 1 TDI remediation fix monitoring via the VTA system, in alignment with campaigns 23Q3.

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.