{"nhtsa_id":10121083,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-31","date":"2016-01-19","document_id":"V551601 2038993","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Discussion on Corrosion on Rear Lid at Rear Window Area When the rear window heater is switched ON, power is transmitted to the outer sealing lip of the rear window. In some places the window sealer makes contact with the bus bar of the rear window heater. Contains examples on making claims for repair work","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10121083-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10121083-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10121083","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT WAGON","year_from":1998,"year_to":2010,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1998_volkswagen_passat","1999_volkswagen_passat","2000_volkswagen_passat","2001_volkswagen_passat","2002_volkswagen_passat","2003_volkswagen_passat","2004_volkswagen_passat","2005_volkswagen_passat","2006_volkswagen_passat","2007_volkswagen_passat","2008_volkswagen_passat","2009_volkswagen_passat","2010_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":[]}