# Service bulletin V011229 2030455

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: 10156045
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-04\-01
- Manufacturer's number: V011229 2030455
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-02
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

Technical Bulletin \(Update Programming MIL ON DTCs P0606, P1388 and or P2201 Stored in ECM Fault Memory\): MIL ON with NOx Sensor fault P2201 and/or Engine Control Module faults P1388, P0606 are stored in fault memory. Due to NOx sensor diagnostic strategy and ECM monitoring to being too sensitive. The production solution to this issue was Improved ECM software with revised diagnostic and monitoring strategies being implemented into production. This document discusses the "Fault Codes" necessary to diagnosis, and potential remedy of the issue. The fault codes for checking warranty coverage for servicing the vehicle are also available.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10156045-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10156045-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Engine

## Trouble codes named

P0606, P1388, P2201

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [17V309000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V309000.md), 2017-05-11: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
- [16V171000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V171000.md), 2016-03-24: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- [2016132](/recalls/tc/2016132.md), 2016-03-23: Electrical

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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- [V1718062017813\_24](/bulletins/11035762.md), 2026-08-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Oil Consumption Measurement and Electronic Oil Consumption Measurement
- [V1719012012855\_81](/bulletins/11034617.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Volkswagen Engine Oil Standards
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- [TT 10\-18\-02\_2](/bulletins/11034613.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE. Lubricating engine components before reassembly.
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- [VOS\-26\-15](/bulletins/11030829.md), 2026-04-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct multiple test plans: All basic settings test for the following components \- Fill and bleed cooling system issue, N493, J338, Camshaft, V465 etc. Use this test for all the basic setting. You will need to select the component you need to run the basic settings. But there are also stand\-alone tests for each of those components.
- [VOS\-26\-01](/bulletins/11028490.md), 2026-02-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct a test that is not reading any information from the battery data module \(BDM\) and will output:
- [V1917012022548\_15](/bulletins/11025437.md), 2025-11-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE. G12Evo can now be mixed with previous coolants.

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