# Service bulletin 9901

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: 605989
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-08\-04
- Manufacturer's number: 9901
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-06\-25
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

CONDITIONS WITH VISIBLE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM WHEN ACCELERATING. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TB001403](/bulletins/10241265.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. Fuel Additive to Help Prevent Sporadic Misfire Faults
- [2015831](/bulletins/10026848.md), 2008-12-30, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD, REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES. HEAT SHIELDS ARE TO BE INSPECTED AFTER COMPLETION O ANY TYPE OF REPAIR TO THE UNDERBODY \(EXHAUST SYSTEM TRANSMISSION, ETC.\), AND IF DAMAGED, REPLACED. \*PE
- [15 9701](/bulletins/53616.md), 1999-12-02, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS. TOOTHED BELT RUNS TOWARDS OUTSIDE, WEARS OUT/ JUMPS OFF, AND CRACKS. \*AK

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