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Volkswagen Passat 2016–2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin SM 03-2021 · NHTSA communication 10202342 · issued Oct 14, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2023
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed and only order the successor parts going forward.

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.