{"nhtsa_id":10120320,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-21","date":"2014-09-24","document_id":"V551403 2033945","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Technical Bulletin (Fuel Door Sticks or is Difficult to Open): This document informs of the fuel door binding due to excess material inside of fuel door housing. The production solution to this issue is a part change to eliminate excess material inside of fuel door housing. 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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120320-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120320-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10120320","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_passat","2013_volkswagen_passat"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}