# Service bulletin TB401302

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: 10237998
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-06\-26
- Manufacturer's number: TB401302
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-06\-25
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION; 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

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10237998-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10237998-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Driver assistance, Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [V4016012043146\_4](/bulletins/11026184.md), 2025-12-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. What is and what is not a leaking suspension strut.
- [V4616012043146\_3](/bulletins/11021372.md), 2025-08-05, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. How to identify and when to replace a leaking strut
- [V4019012028353\_12](/bulletins/11016583.md), 2025-04-04, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION. Front suspension noisy, spring rubs on strut perch.
- [Edition107](/bulletins/10243018.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition92](/bulletins/10243007.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition41](/bulletins/10242398.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition67](/bulletins/10242367.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [TB011413](/bulletins/10241316.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION. MIL ON DTC P0327 Knock Sensor Fault stored in ECM
- [341301](/bulletins/10239844.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; POWER TRAIN. Customer states there is a noise from the clutch, transmission or driveline components under varying driving conditions with varying sound levels.
- [261302](/bulletins/10239822.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TDI Common Rail High Pitch Whine Noise after Switching Ignition OFF

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10237998](/v1/bulletins/10237998)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Service%20bulletin%20TB401302&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Fbulletins%2F10237998&vehicle=Service%20bulletin%20TB401302)