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Volkswagen Passat 2009–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin TB-23-15-02 · NHTSA communication 10058591 · issued Jun 24, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2009–2012
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Volkswagen: malfunction indicator lamp (mil) is on and rough running, and fails to start on some vehicles, no root cause found, check for metallic particles in high pressure fuel pump. Model 2009-12 touareg, passat. *pe

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.