Volkswagen Passat 1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9801 · NHTSA communication 600908 · issued Apr 3, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Condition with transmissions with internal damage may allow debris to collect in atf cooler lines and atf cooler. *yc
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.