# Service bulletin TB551407

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: 10238053
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-06\-26
- Manufacturer's number: TB551407
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-12\-16
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

Corrosion on Rear Lid at Rear Window Area

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238053-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238053-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 1998 to 2005 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [Edition117](/bulletins/10242998.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition116](/bulletins/10242997.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; SEATS; VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; STRUCTURE. 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
- [Edition114](/bulletins/10242995.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [Edition26](/bulletins/10242399.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; STRUCTURE. VW Elsa Newsletter
- [TT571011](/bulletins/10238976.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM; STRUCTURE. If a comfort or body control module is replaced during normal diagnosis, make sure the factory mode has been switched OFF. This can be accomplished by selecting the test plan through GFF or through Vehicle Self Diagnosis in adaptation channel 99.
- [TB551413](/bulletins/10238059.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Corrosion on Rear Lid at Rear Window Area
- [TB551412](/bulletins/10238058.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Corrosion on the rear lid in the cut\-out sections for the license plate light / handle assembly \(Figures 1 and 2\).
- [TB551410](/bulletins/10238056.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Corrosion where handle contacts rear lid \(Figure 1\).
- [TB511403](/bulletins/10238044.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS. Corrosion on the roof \(in the contact area of roof rail/roof rail base\) \- Figures 1 and 2.

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