{"nhtsa_id":10237744,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-06-13","date":"2012-10-05","document_id":"TT921201a","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Be aware that 2012-2013 Passat vehicles are not equipped with the rain sensing windshield wiper function. This function may also be referred to as auto wipers or automatic wipers. The G397 Rain/light recognition sensor may be installed on some vehicles, but this sensor is used only for auto headlamp function.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10237744-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10237744-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10237744","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"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":[]}