# Service bulletin Edition53

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: 10242382
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-09\-18
- Manufacturer's number: Edition53
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-09\-16
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

VW Elsa Newsletter

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10242382-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10242382-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Body control module

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN
- 2012 to 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
- 2009 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN
- 2012 to 2014 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
- 2011 to 2012 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TT571004](/bulletins/10238975.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:ELECTRONIC LOCK/LATCH ACTUATOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:SWITCHES/KNOBS/BUTTONS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. If no communication can be established to the Vehicle electrical system control module J519 \(address word 09\) in Guided Fault Finding or Vehicle Self Diagnosis, it may be necessary to cycle door locks. It is recommended to cycle both the remote locks and the driver?s door lock switch when attempting to communicate to the module with the scan tool. Ensure all vehicle doors are unlocked before communication is retried.

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