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Service bulletin TB401302

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10237998
Published by NHTSA2023-06-26
Manufacturer's numberTB401302
Manufacturer's date2015-06-25
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)

NHTSA's summary

Front suspension creaking noise during suspension cycles (going over speed bumps or entering on an inclined surface).

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Driver assistance, Suspension

Vehicles listed
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT2011, 2012

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

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