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VW Passat B8 Service Manual ➜ Shortened intervals for spark plug replacement

Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020  
El Salvador  
Ivory Coast  
Liberia  
Libya  
Saudi Arabia  
Senegal  
Caribbean, left-hand traf‐  
fic  
Dutch Overseas Territo‐  
ries  
Eritrea  
French Guyana  
Fiji  
Philippines  
Burundi  
Bahamas  
Sierra Leone  
Zimbabwe  
South Africa  
Republic of Congo  
St. Barthélemy  
St. Martin  
Trinidad and Tobago  
3.13  
Type plate  
Note  
Vehicles for some countries have no type plate.  
Owing to legal requirements, the type plate -arrow- is located in  
the lower area of the B-pillar, after opening either the right or  
the left front door.  
The type plate includes the following vehicle data:  
A - Vehicle identification number  
B - Variable indications e.g. axle loads, gross vehicle weight  
rating, gross combination weight  
C - Model identification number  
D - Engine code  
3.14  
Shortened intervals for spark plug re‐  
placement  
Shortened spark plug replacement intervals are necessary if  
fuel not compliant with DIN EN 228 are used.  
Examples in fuel inadequacies that can lead to shortened main‐  
tenance / exchange intervals:  
♦ Petrol contaminated with diesel  
♦ High sulphur content  
♦ Poor boiling point / evaporation  
♦ Metallic components / Octane Booster Additive  
♦ Contaminants in petrol  
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3. General information  
Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020  
Country  
Abu Dhabi  
Afghanistan  
Egypt  
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year  
10,000 km /1 year  
X
X
X
Algeria  
Angola  
Equatorial Guinea  
Armenia  
Azerbaijan  
Ethiopia  
Bahamas  
Bahrain  
Bangladesh  
Belize  
Benin (Dahomey)  
Bermudas  
Bhutan  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Bolivia  
Brunei  
Burkina Faso (Up‐  
X
X
per Volta)  
Burundi  
Chile  
China  
X
X
X
Costa Rica  
Democratic Repub‐  
X
X
lic of the Congo  
Djibouti  
Dominican Republic  
Dubai  
Ecuador  
El Salvador  
Ivory Coast  
Eritrea  
X
X
X
X
X
X
Fiji  
X
Gabon  
X
X
Gambia  
Georgia  
Ghana  
Guatemala  
Guinea  
Guinea-Bissau  
Guyana  
Haiti  
Honduras  
Indonesia  
Iraq  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
3. General information  
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Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020  
Country  
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year  
10,000 km /1 year  
Iran  
X
Jamaica  
Yemen  
Jordan  
Cambodia  
Cameroon  
Cape Verde  
X
X
X
X
X
X
Caribbean, left-hand  
X
traffic  
Kazakhstan  
Qatar  
X
X
Kenya  
X
X
Kyrgyz Republic  
Columbia  
Cuba  
Kuwait  
Laos  
X
X
X
X
X
X
Lebanon  
Liberia  
Libya  
X
Macao  
Madagascar  
Malawi  
X
X
X
Maldives  
Mali  
X
X
Morocco  
Mauritania  
Mauritius  
Mexico  
Mongolia  
Mozambique  
Myanmar (Burma)  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Nepal (Indian sub‐  
continent)  
Nicaragua  
X
X
Netherlands over‐  
seas territories Ar‐  
uba, Curacao, Sint-  
Maarten (Dutch)  
Niger  
Nigeria  
X
X
North Korea  
Oman  
Pakistan  
Panama  
Papua New Guinea  
Paraguay  
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤  
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020  
Country  
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year  
10,000 km /1 year  
Peru  
X
X
Philippines  
Republic of Congo  
Rwanda  
X
X
Russian Federation  
Zambia  
Saudi Arabia  
Senegal  
Seychelles  
Sierra Leone  
Singapore  
Somalia  
Sri Lanka  
South Sudan  
Sudan  
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Suriname  
Syria  
X
Tajikistan  
Tanzania  
Thailand  
X
X
X
X
Togo  
Trinidad and Toba‐  
X
go  
Chad  
Tunisia  
Turkey  
Turkmenistan  
Uganda  
X
X
X
X
X
Ukraine  
X
X
X
X
X
Uruguay  
Uzbekistan  
Venezuela  
United Arab Emi‐  
rates  
Vietnam  
X
West Sahara  
X
X
Central African Re‐  
public  
Zimbabwe  
X
3. General information  
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Maintenance - Edition 11.2020  
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4. Descriptions of work  

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