{"nhtsa_id":10238052,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-06-26","date":"2014-12-12","document_id":"TB551406","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Corrosion on the rear lid in the cut-out sections for the license plate light / handle assembly (Figures 1 and 2).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238052-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10238052-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10238052","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2001,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_volkswagen_passat","2002_volkswagen_passat","2003_volkswagen_passat","2004_volkswagen_passat","2005_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":[]}