Volkswagen Beetle 2013–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin V231707204111815 · NHTSA communication 10176955 · issued Jun 22, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2013–2016
model years
27
vehicle entries
Official summary
Updated to remove duplicate bolt part number in Passat part table.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2014 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2015 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2015 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2016 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2015 Volkswagen Touareg
- 2016 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.