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.
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| 2031341 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
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| TT 92-12-01 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY/WIPER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| TT 92-12-01 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY/WIPER. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| SB-48326 | 2015-11-25. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, A WARRANTY EXTENSION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. MODEL 2009-12 TOUAREG, 2012 PASSAT. *PE |
| TB-21-15-05 | 2015-10-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. VOLKSWAGEN: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE PERFORMANCE IS LACKING IN ENGINE AND TURBINE FAN SHAFT OF TURBO CHARGER HAS SEIZED OR IS BROKEN AND ENGINE OIL CIRCUIT SHOULD BE FLUSHED BEFORE TURBOCHARGER IS REPLACED. MODEL 2012-14 PASSAT. *PE |
| TB-23-15-02 | 2015-10-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. VOLKSWAGEN: MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IS ON AND ROUGH RUNNING, AND FAILS TO START ON SOME VEHICLES, NO ROOT CAUSE FOUND, CHECK FOR METALLIC PARTICLES IN HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. MODEL 2009-12 TOUAREG, PASSAT. *PE |
| TT-91-11-03 | 2015-08-05. Service bulletin. BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. VOLKSWAGEN: BEFORE REAR VIEW CAMERA IS PROPERLY OPERATIONAL, SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO BUZZER OR SENSOR FAULTS AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH REAR PARKING AID SYSTEM. MODELS 2009-15 TIGUAN, CC, PASSAT, TOUAREG. *PE |
| PRI B | 2015-07-23. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VOLKSWAGEN VEHICLES WITH 2.0 TFSI ENGINES WILL HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND FUEL INJECTORS WARRANTY EXTENDED. 7/23/15 *TA |
| 211406 | 2015-05-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. PASSAT 2012-2014 INFORMATION SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL BULLETIN V211405 DATED JULY 21ST. ENGINE IS NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY, BROKEN FAN OF TURBOCHARGER. *LJ |
| 23N5 | 2015-05-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. THIS TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. PASSAT 2012-2014 W/ 2.0L TDI CLEAN DIESEL ENGINE ECM SOFTWARE. VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING EXHAUST FAILURE AFTER INITIAL STARTUP, COLD TEMPERATURES COULD EFFECT THE EXHAUST TURBO CHARGER. *LJ UPDATE 6/10/15 *CW |
| TB-48-14-05 | 2015-03-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. VOLKSWAGEN: ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING GEAR HAS A NEW SOFTWARE UPDATE PROGRAM FOR POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE TO HELP REDUCE THE NECESSARY RETENTION FORCE OF KEEPING VEHICLE STRAIGHT. *PE |
| TB-57-14-03 | 2014-12-06. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. VOLKSWAGEN: THE EXTERIOR HANDLE ON FRONT DOOR IS VERY HARD TO OPEN DUE TO VARIOUS CLIMATE OR TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LOCK OPERATION AND MAY REQUIRE MORE OF AN EFFORT TO RELEASE. MODEL 2011-2015 JETTA (A6), GOLF/GTI (A7), BEETLE, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, PASSAT NMS. *PE |
| TB-21-14-05 | 2014-11-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. VOLKSWAGEN: THERE IS NOISE FROM TURBOCHARGER OR REDUCED PERFORMANCE DUE TO BROKEN OR SEIZED SHAFT OF TURBINE FAN OF TURBO CHARGER AND ENGINE LACKS PERFORMANCE. MODEL 2012-2014 PASSAT. *PE |
| 2036110 | 2014-07-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. REDUCED PERFORMANCE DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON . *LJ |
| TB-30-14-01 | 2014-05-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE AN IMPLAUSIBLE TRANSMISSION SHIFT SEQUENCE STORED IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THERE MAY BE A LACK OF MOBILITY UPON START UP AND SHIFTING COMPLICATIONS. STORED DTC P2711. ALSO INCLUDED JETTA WAGON MODEL YEAR 2009 AND JETTA SPORTWAGEN/GOLFWAGON MODEL YEARS 2010-2012. *JS |
| TB-69-14-02 | 2014-05-21. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. VOLKSWAGEN: AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED INDICATING A FRONT SIDE AIRBAG PRESSURE SENSOR INTERRUPTION/SHORT TO B+. THE DTCS B101715 AND B103615. *JS |
| TT-57-14-01 | 2014-05-15. Service bulletin. LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. VOLKSWAGEN: DUE TO MOISTURE THE FRONT DOOR LATCHES MAY FREEZE, PREVENTING DOOR LATCH FROM OPERATING. *JS UPDATED 12/2/14. *PE |
| TB-69-13-05 | 2014-01-06. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. VOLKSWAGEN: DURING A SELF TEST, THE AIRBAG CONTROL UNIT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HORN ALARM RESONANCE THAT CAUSES AIRBAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE IN INSTRUMENT PANEL BUT AIRBAG SYSTEM STILL IS OPERATIONAL. MODEL 2012-2014 JETTA GLI, PASSAT. *PE |
| TB-20-13-06 | 2013-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FILTER SYSTEM, SOLENOID VALVE AND PERFORMING GFF FUNCTION TEST A VACUUM CHECK ON CANISTER PURGE VALVE N80 ARE ESSENTIAL TO DIAGNOSE PROPER OPERATION. MODEL 2009-14 ALL BUT ROUTAN. *PE |
| TB-20-13-07 | 2013-12-03. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: DIAGNOSIS FOR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WHERE NO START, ENGINE CRANK, WITHOUT DRIVING, AFTER LONG PERIODS AND MAY HAVE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. MODELS 2008-2014 EOS, GTI, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, JETTA, CC, PASSAT, TIGUAN, BEETLE. *PE |
| TT-91-13-01 | 2013-09-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. VOLKSWAGEN: WHEN MEMORY USAGE IS HIGH, NAVIGATION UNIT IS SLOW TO RESPOND, AND MULTIPLE FEATURES ARE BEING USED OR BOOT UP TIME AFTER VEHICLE HAS STARTED UP AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDES LOCKS UP, NO RESPONSE OR FREEZES. MODELS 2012-2013 CC, EOS, PASSAT, TIGUAN. *PE UPDATED 09/12/2013 *JS |
| TB-20-13-05 | 2013-08-30. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. VOLKSWAGEN: ON SOME VEHICLES, LOW FUEL STORED IN ECM PRESSURE, ENGINE WOULD CRANK BUT NOT START LONG PERIODS WITHOUT DRIVING, MAY RUN ROUGH AND/OR MIL ON. ALL MODELS 2008-2013. *PE |
| TB-27-13-01 | 2013-08-28. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. VOLKSWAGEN: DUE TO ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT BEING DAMAGED OR MISSING, THE CHARGING SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE OR MALFUNCTION, AND NOISE IS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MODEL 2012-2014 ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT ROUTAN, TOUAREG HYBRID, JETTA HYBRID. *PE |
| TT-69-13-03 | 2013-07-17. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS:FRONT. VOLKSWAGEN: FRONT SEAT BELT TENSIONER. DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT SEAT BELTS TENSIONER IGNITERS. *JS |
| TT-45-09-03 | 2013-07-17. Service bulletin. STEERING. VOLKSWAGEN: STEERING RACK. AFTER REPLACING THE STEERING RACK THE FAULT CODE 01309 008 IS SET IN ABS/ESP MODULE. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL GTI MY 2013, MODEL TIGUAN MY 2005-2007, MODEL RABBIT MY 2005/2011-2013, MODEL EOS MY 2005/2013, MODEL CC MY 2005-2008*JS |
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