Service bulletins for the 2013 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.
1595 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| VSS-13-05 | 2016-06-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
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| TT80-13-01 | 2016-06-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| TT26-12-02 | 2016-06-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 2036110 | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 2036110 | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 2036110 | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 2028609 | 2016-06-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| A322S1 | 2016-06-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 23L3 | 2016-06-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| SB-96C7 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 2031341 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 23L3 | 2016-05-23. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE. |
| 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-01-15-13 | 2015-10-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. VOLKSWAGEN: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE STUMBLING AND ROUGH IDLE OF SOME VEHICLES WHERE THE CURRENT ECM PROGRAMMING IS NOT EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLING ENGINE VALVE TIMING. MODEL 2013-14 JETTA, BEETLE, BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, PASSAT. *PE |
| 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-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 |
| TB-01-14-16 | 2014-11-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) NEEDS REPROGRAMMING UPDATE TO CORRECT ENGINE LOAD CALCULATIONS, STUMBLING AND/OR HAVING ROUGH IDLING AND IS NOT EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLING ENGINE VALVE TIMING, ON SOME VEHICLES. MODEL 2013-2014 PASSAT, BEETLE, JETTA. *PE |
| 2036110 | 2014-07-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. REDUCED PERFORMANCE DUE TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON . *LJ |
| TT-17-13-01 | 2014-01-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: WHEN VEHICLE IS AT IDLE OR THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT IS ON, THERE IS NO OIL OR HAVE LOW OIL PRESSURE AND OIL FILTER UNDERNEATH MAY BE MISSING THE MANDREL AND IT MUST BE TRANSFERRED FROM OLD OIL FILTER AND RE-INSTALLED AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. MODEL 2013-2014 JETTA, PASSAT, NEW BEETLE. *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-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 |
| 01-13-14 | 2013-07-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE. VOLKSWAGEN: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A MISFIRE AND/OR REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE. *JS |
| TB-19-13-01 | 2013-05-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. VOLKSWAGEN: IT IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE FOR THE ELECTRIC COOLANT FANS TO CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED OFF. *JS |
| V011233 | 2013-03-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. VOLKSWAGEN: DTC P0441 STORED IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. PRODUCTION TOLERANCE IN DIAGNOSTIC MODULE TANK LEAKAGE (DMTL) PUMP COULD CAUSE A FALSE FLOW READING. *JS |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.