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Volkswagen Beetle 2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin TT571011 · NHTSA communication 10238976 · issued Aug 22, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2005
model years
15
vehicle entries

Official summary

If a comfort or body control module is replaced during normal diagnosis, make sure the factory mode has been switched OFF. This can be accomplished by selecting the test plan through GFF or through Vehicle Self Diagnosis in adaptation channel 99.

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.