{"nhtsa_id":10238049,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-06-26","date":"2014-09-24","document_id":"TB551403","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Fuel door binding due to excess material inside of fuel door housing.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238049-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238049-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10238049","components":[{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","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":[]}