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Volkswagen Beetle 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0001 · NHTSA communication 610178 · issued Jan 12, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
1998–2000
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may exhibit throttle pedal vibration at idle and / or rapping noise against engine cover heard on vehicles with secondary air injection. *tt

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.