# Transport Canada recall 2000133

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2000133
- Manufacturer's number: UR
- Reported: 2000\-06\-16
- Component: Fuel System
- Notification type: Safety TC
- Units potentially affected: 1115

## What is wrong

On certain Passat Four Motion, sulphur in the fuel interacting with certain additives found in widely available fuel can become deposited on certain contact points on three sending units mounted inside the fuel tank.  Low electrical resistance at contact points of any unit signals that the tank is full.  The accumulation of sulphur deposits on contacts would increase the resistance and erroneously signal that the tank is filled with fuel while in fact it may not be full or could be empty.  If a driver is not cognizant of the miles driven and the potential driving range of their vehicle from a fuel fill, the erroneous fuel level signal could cause the vehicle to become inoperable without prior warning.  Correction:  Fuel sending units will be replaced with redesigned sending units.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2000 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2000/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [Edition26](/bulletins/10242399.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [TB001403](/bulletins/10241265.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin
- [TT201301a](/bulletins/10238960.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [TT201301](/bulletins/10238959.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [TT200906](/bulletins/10238954.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [TT240801](/bulletins/10238572.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin
- [TT230628](/bulletins/10238568.md), 2023-07-05, Service bulletin
- [TT 90\-12\-06](/bulletins/10157623.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT 90\-12\-06](/bulletins/10156050.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin
- [TT 20\-13\-01](/bulletins/10121536.md), 2017-10-31, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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