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Volkswagen Passat 2013–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin TB441402 · NHTSA communication 10238015 · issued Oct 8, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Tires
component
2013–2014
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Technical Bulletin provides information on improving vehicle drift/pull using selective tire placement. The information provided is based on the Hunter GSP9700 with StraightTrak® (VAS 6230x ) and John Bean RFV2000 with OptiLine® (VAS 6311A) diagnostic balancer. The diagnostic procedures for selective tire placement, to improve vehicle drift/pull, will require the use of one of the diagnostic balancers previously mentioned.

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.