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Volkswagen Golf 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 57 9706 · NHTSA communication 54055 · issued Nov 4, 1997

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
1998
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Programming/reprogramming on remote locking/alarm system transmitters. *yc

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.