# Service bulletin TT 57\-12\-13

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10156006
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-04\-01
- Manufacturer's number: TT 57\-12\-13
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-05
- NHTSA component: SEATS; STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

## NHTSA's summary

Tech Tips \(Releasing the Rear Seat Backrest from Inside the Vehicle\): If you are unable to open the trunk for any reason, the rear seat backrest can be released from inside the vehicle to access the emergency trunk release. This document informs of the procedure to access the emergency trunk release.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10156006-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10156006-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2015344](/recalls/tc/2015344.md), 2015-07-31: Seats And Restraints

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SM 26\-2026](/bulletins/11033526.md), 2026-06-04, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. This special notice is to inform dealers to return the parts listed if it meets the criteria provided.
- [V5515032021354\_8](/bulletins/11010024.md), 2024-11-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Lack of paint under roof
- [TT 00\-24\-01](/bulletins/11008846.md), 2024-10-09, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. Wind \& Water Leak Checking
- [TT721301](/bulletins/10252199.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Passat Equipped with Memory Seat ? Driver Backrest Operation
- [Edition108](/bulletins/10243019.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; STEERING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; STRUCTURE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition112](/bulletins/10243015.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; SERVICE BRAKES; STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER; EQUIPMENT. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition110](/bulletins/10243013.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS; SEATS; AIR BAGS. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition115](/bulletins/10242996.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition81](/bulletins/10242992.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STEERING; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition99](/bulletins/10242680.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES; STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. Elsa newsletter

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