Volkswagen Atlas 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin VIN-4-A-PIN-2018 · NHTSA communication 10161480 · issued Nov 15, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2018
model years
26
vehicle entries
Official summary
Customer states remote key inoperative
Vehicles covered
- 2018 Volkswagen Atlas
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2017 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2018 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2018 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen GTI
- 2017 Volkswagen GTI
- 2018 Volkswagen GTI
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2017 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2018 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2017 Volkswagen Passat
- 2018 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2017 Volkswagen Touareg
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.