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Service bulletins for the 2012 Volkswagen Passat

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.

1572 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About P050E on the 2012 Volkswagen Passat: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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Only bulletins with trouble code: P050E are shown. Show all

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TB0113032023-08-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM). Update Programming MIL ON, DTCs P050E, P2080, P244C and/or P2478 Stored in ECM Fault Memory
V011228 20304532019-04-08. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE. Technical Bulletin (Update Programming for Stored in ECM Fault Memory issues): The MIL ON with NOx Sensor fault P2201 and/or Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor faults P050E, P2080, P244C and/or P2478 stored in fault memory due to the Diagnostic strategy being to sensitive. The production solution to this issue was Improved software implemented for model year 2013. 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.
V011228 20304532019-04-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Technical Bulletin (Update Programming for Stored in ECM Fault Memory issues): The MIL ON with NOx Sensor fault P2201 and/or Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor faults P050E, P2080, P244C and/or P2478 stored in fault memory due to the Diagnostic strategy being to sensitive. The production solution to this issue was Improved software implemented for model year 2013. 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 summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.