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Volkswagen Golf 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 340001 · NHTSA communication 612470 · issued Mar 10, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
1998–2000
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customers may complain of a humming noise from general area of the front end during cornering, on vehicles with 02j transmissions. *mjs

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.