Volkswagen Beetle 2016–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TT 57 16 02 · NHTSA communication 10159013 · issued Mar 15, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2019
model years
35
vehicle entries
Official summary
Indication of horn chirp operation. The horn confirmation requires two rapid presses of the lock button on the key fob to sound. If the door lock confirmation sounds after pressing the lock button quickly, twice, the vehicle is performing as designed and no repairs are needed.
Vehicles covered
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2017 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2018 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2019 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2018 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen GTI
- 2017 Volkswagen GTI
- 2018 Volkswagen GTI
- 2019 Volkswagen GTI
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2017 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2018 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2019 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2017 Volkswagen Passat
- 2018 Volkswagen Passat
- 2019 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan
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.