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Service bulletin TB-94-12-02

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10047780
Published by NHTSA2012-12-06
Manufacturer's numberTB-94-12-02
Manufacturer's date2012-10-08
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING

NHTSA's summary

VOLKSWAGEN: DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHT (DRL) BULB FILAMENT MAY HAVE PREMATURE FAILURE, DUE TO EXCESSIVE SHOCK OF HOOD DROPPING OR CLOSING, FROM GREAT DISTANCES AND ALSO UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, SUCH AS SPEED OR TEMPERATURE. MODELS 2012-2013 PASSAT. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Lighting

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2012

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20192422019-05-23. Lights And Instruments
19V3890002019-05-22. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
20140802014-03-17. Lights And Instruments
14V1250002014-03-17. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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