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Volkswagen Passat 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16PasstServXprs · NHTSA communication 10168305 · issued Nov 5, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

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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.