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Volkswagen Touareg 2011–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin TT571210 · NHTSA communication 10239402 · issued May 16, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2011–2014
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

When adapting keys on a 2011-2014 Touareg, it is necessary to complete the ?Adapt Immobilizer? test plan under 05 access start module. Right click on address word 05, and open Guided Functions. Select the ?Adapt immobilizer? test plan. When prompted, select ?Repair Immobilizer? instead of ?Rewrite all Immobilizer data?. Finally, make selection to adapt keys. Note that ?Rewrite all Immobilizer data? should only be selected when all immobilizer components have been replaced.

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.