I accidentally or by mistake ordered the 40K service kit for the wrong year model 12-14 Passat and mine is a 15... so that is my fault I should admit as I admitted to posting in the wrong forum once, thanks roni024 for embarrassing me... not sure of your post relevance to my original question, you must be one of those elite humans who never make mistakes...nevertheless I spoke to IDParts this morning and they informed me that no only I had the wrong oil filter, but I also needed one more quart of engine oil and that the fuel filter I received is also the wrong kind, so they will send me one more quart of oil, a fuel filter, an oil filter and will give me credit for the fuel filter once they get it back...I dirtied the oil filter while scratching my head figuring out was going on so no refund on that...great service from IDParts...
thanks you all for your great responses... will update my profile to reflect my 2015 Passat...