{"nhtsa_id":10124350,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-05","date":"2012-10-05","document_id":"TT 92-12-01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Tech Tips (Rain Sensing Windshield Wipers): This document informs that 2012-2014 Passat vehicles are not equipped with the rain sensing windshield wiper function. The G397 Rain/light recognition sensor is present on all 2012-2014 Passat vehicles but this sensor is used only for auto headlamp function. The 2012-2014 Passat vehicles are not equipped with the rain sensing windshield wiper function. The G397 Rain/light recognition sensor is present on all 2012-2014 Passat vehicles but this sensor is used only for auto headlamp function.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10124350-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10124350-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10124350","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"windshield","name":"Windshield","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_passat","2013_volkswagen_passat","2014_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":[]}