Volkswagen Routan 2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin V961405 2028471 · NHTSA communication 10124389 · issued May 19, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2010
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Technical Bulletin (Vehicle Theft Alarm May Sound Intermittently or No Vehicle Start): The vehicle theft alarm intermittently sounds for no reason. Multiple attempts are required to start the vehicle before the vehicle will start. The production solution to this issue was Updated software as of May 9, 2011. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available.
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.