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Volkswagen Passat 1998technical service bulletin

Bulletin 9802 · NHTSA communication 600978 · issued Apr 8, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Replacement of automatic transmission fluid (atf) no longer required. *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.