Service bulletins for the 2016 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.
834 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Electrical system are shown. Show all
| VOS1602 | 2022-06-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Mandatory Installation from Web-Server. |
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| VOS1601 | 2022-06-13. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Mandatory Installation from Web-Server. |
| TT911601 | 2022-06-13. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. Protection Activated on Radio after Cluster Replacement. |
| V271901201189419 | 2022-06-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Battery Testing and Charging using recommended VW test equipment. |
| TT 27-10-02_4 | 2022-06-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Battery Tester VAS 6161 introduction. |
| V271503201607611 | 2022-04-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Discharged Battery, Diagnosis for excessive current draw. |
| VOS-22-07 | 2022-03-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. "Instructional document regarding the installation of a hotfix for the ODIS service software. Hotfix is to be used during the following actions: Brake Electronics (ABS) A3 Passat NMS Software Configuration/Coding |
| EM_3GSunset | 2022-02-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 3G Sunset Update - E-mail |
| DC_3G_SunsetVW | 2022-02-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. 3G Sunset Update |
| CN_3G_SunsetVW | 2022-02-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; COMMUNICATION:MANUFACTURER TELEMATICS. Customer Notification 3G-Sunset |
| Car-Net_MY14_16 | 2022-02-04. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; COMMUNICATION:MANUFACTURER TELEMATICS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VW Car-Net - Letter MY 2014-2016 |
| V271901201189417 | 2022-01-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Battery testing using VW special tools, updated to include additional model year applicability and include I.D.4. |
| A002155201173212 | 2022-01-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. This bulletin contains general instructions for software updates. |
| TT 011903 | 2021-12-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Diagnostic assistance when vehicle readiness will not set. |
| V691901201047914 | 2021-12-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Update to model year applicability. |
| V0019042054866_4 | 2021-09-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. SD creator instruction, updated to include model year 2022. |
| V011812201460317 | 2021-07-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Software Version Management (SVM) |
| TT 57 18 02_3 | 2021-04-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Key battery diagnosis, updated to include additional model year applicability. |
| V011812201460316 | 2021-03-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Software Version Management (SVM) instruction updated to include model year 2021 |
| V271901201189416 | 2021-02-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. Battery testing. Updated to include additional model and model year applicability. |
| TT 57 10 15 | 2021-01-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. Updated key ordering protocol |
| TT 27 20 02_1 | 2021-01-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. Battery Id for testing |
| V0019042054866_2 | 2021-01-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Instruction on how to create S/D cards used to update programming on various control modules. |
| TT 45 18 03 | 2020-09-03. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Autonomous data event gathering |
| VOS-20-28 | 2020-09-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This document outlines updates to the ODIS diagnostic software. Updates include corrected diagnostic test plans for the stated vehicles. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.