Volkswagen Passat 2009–2012 — technical 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
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.