{"nhtsa_id":54058,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-03-30","date":"1997-11-21","document_id":"30 9703","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNLESS CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED EXTREMELY HARD. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/54058","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"clutch","name":"Clutch","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":1998,"year_to":1998,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1998_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":[]}