Volkswagen Beetle 1998–2005 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TT240801 · NHTSA communication 10238572 · issued May 9, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1998–2005
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
Fault code P1297 may be set and fuel mixtures may go lean if the vehicle is driven under load or revved up and then returned to idle.
Vehicles covered
- 1998 Volkswagen Beetle
- 1999 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2000 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2001 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2002 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2003 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2004 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2005 Volkswagen Beetle
- 2000 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2003 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2004 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 2005 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
- 1998 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio
- 2005 Volkswagen CC
- 2005 Volkswagen Eos
- 1998 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 1999 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2000 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2001 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2002 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2003 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 2004 Volkswagen Eurovan
- 1998 Volkswagen Golf
- 1999 Volkswagen Golf
- 2000 Volkswagen Golf
- 2001 Volkswagen Golf
- 2002 Volkswagen Golf
- 2003 Volkswagen Golf
- 2004 Volkswagen Golf
- 2005 Volkswagen Golf
- 1998 Volkswagen GTI
- 1999 Volkswagen GTI
- 2000 Volkswagen GTI
- 2001 Volkswagen GTI
- 2002 Volkswagen GTI
- 2003 Volkswagen GTI
- 2004 Volkswagen GTI
- 2005 Volkswagen GTI
- 1998 Volkswagen Jetta
- 1999 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2000 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2001 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2002 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2003 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2004 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2005 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2005 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
- 2002 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon
- 2003 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon
- 2004 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon
- 2005 Volkswagen Jetta Wagon
- 1998 Volkswagen Passat
- 1999 Volkswagen Passat
- 2000 Volkswagen Passat
- 2001 Volkswagen Passat
- 2002 Volkswagen Passat
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.