Volkswagen Passat 2012–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SM 02-2018 · NHTSA communication 10149843 · issued Aug 13, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2015
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
All part numbers listed are to be returned and only the superseded part numbers are to be installed going forward
Vehicles covered
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.