{"nhtsa_id":10239800,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-07-31","date":"2013-04-25","document_id":"TT691303","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE; SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY; TRAILER HITCHES; SEAT BELTS:FRONT; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Seat belt tensioner igniter 1 (N153 for driver side and N154 for passenger side) and belt force limiter (G551 for driver side and G552 for passenger side) are located in the seat belt retractor assembly, while seat belt tensioner igniter 2 (N297 for driver side and N298 for passenger side) is located in the seat belt end fitting. The connector for N297/N298 can be accessed by removing B-pillar trim and pulling back carpet slightly.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239800-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239800-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10239800","components":[{"id":"seat-belts","name":"Seat belts","parent":null},{"id":"trailer-hitch","name":"Trailer hitch","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"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"TIGUAN","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_volkswagen_tiguan","2013_volkswagen_tiguan"]}],"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":[]}