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Volkswagen Passat 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin MY 2013 Maintena · NHTSA communication 10127865 · issued Jul 19, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Sparkplugs: Changed footnote number 6 to state: "Every 4 years regardless of mileage: Replace spark plugs"

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.