# Service bulletin Reference Guide

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10157732
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-04\-08
- Manufacturer's number: Reference Guide
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

Body/Infotainment Module Software Updates: This document informs of various complaints that were addressed in software updates, and technical bulletins.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10157732-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10157732-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2008 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2011 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2009 to 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC
- 2005 to 2006 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2007 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN EOS
- 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2010 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2005 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2004 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2009 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN
- 2004 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2004 to 2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON
- 2004 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2005 to 2007 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32
- 2005 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2006 to 2008 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT
- 2009 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN
- 2009 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2004 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V615000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V615000.md), 2019-08-22: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE
- [16V171000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V171000.md), 2016-03-24: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- [2016132](/recalls/tc/2016132.md), 2016-03-23: Electrical
- [15V194000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V194000.md), 2015-04-01: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
- [2014266](/recalls/tc/2014266.md), 2014-07-02: Electrical
- [14V396000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V396000.md), 2014-07-01: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
- [2014069](/recalls/tc/2014069.md), 2014-03-05: Electrical
- [13V569000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V569000.md), 2013-11-22: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
- [2013403](/recalls/tc/2013403.md), 2013-11-13: Electrical
- [11V196000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V196000.md), 2011-03-29: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [VOS\-26\-42](/bulletins/11035772.md), 2026-08-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue: DA 0019 \- Hotfix 12\-V battery test\(s\) – No battery diagnosis \- Inconclusive test result.
- [VOS\-26\-15](/bulletins/11030829.md), 2026-04-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct multiple test plans: All basic settings test for the following components \- Fill and bleed cooling system issue, N493, J338, Camshaft, V465 etc. Use this test for all the basic setting. You will need to select the component you need to run the basic settings. But there are also stand\-alone tests for each of those components.
- [VOS\-26\-01](/bulletins/11028490.md), 2026-02-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct a test that is not reading any information from the battery data module \(BDM\) and will output:
- [V271901201189426](/bulletins/11007398.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Battery testing
- [961301](/bulletins/10253216.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. Keyless Entry Inoperative after Access / Start \(KESSY\) Module Replacement
- [941302](/bulletins/10253212.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Ignition Switch Faults Stored \- Various Malfunctioning Comfort Functions
- [941301](/bulletins/10253211.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Ignition Switch Faults Stored \- Various Malfunctioning Comfort Functions
- [931401](/bulletins/10253210.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. High\-voltage repairs on Hybrid and Electric vehicles
- [931302](/bulletins/10253209.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. High Voltage Repairs on Hybrid Vehicles
- [921402](/bulletins/10253207.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. Washer Level Sensor

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