# Service bulletin VOS 25 18

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: 11014956
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-03\-05
- Manufacturer's number: VOS 25 18
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-02\-12
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: This hotfix is for multiple vehicles for airbag module programming issues.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11014956-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11014956-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2023 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS
- 2015 to 2021 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
- 2022 to 2025 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R
- 2022 to 2024 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2025 VOLKSWAGEN GTI
- 2018 to 2025 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
- 2022 to 2025 VOLKSWAGEN TAOS
- 2018 to 2025 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [25V854000](/recalls/nhtsa/25V854000.md), 2025-12-10: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
- [24V464000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V464000.md), 2024-06-20: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
- [2024354](/recalls/tc/2024354.md), 2024-06-19: Airbag
- [2024485](/recalls/tc/2024485.md), 2024-05-29: Airbag
- [23V671000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V671000.md), 2023-10-04: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
- [2023183](/recalls/tc/2023183.md), 2023-03-29: Airbag
- [23V215000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V215000.md), 2023-03-29: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
- [2022403](/recalls/tc/2022403.md), 2022-07-27: Airbag
- [22V543000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V543000.md), 2022-07-27: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [22V152000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V152000.md), 2022-03-28: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [VOS\-26\-52](/bulletins/11038160.md), 2026-10-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 airbag basic settings programming.
- [V6919012010479\_17](/bulletins/11034621.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Inquiries
- [VOS\-26\-27](/bulletins/11032223.md), 2026-05-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 Airbag 0015 Perform initial operation Software configuration error: The component protection is not supported for the system airbag.
- [VOS\-26\-25](/bulletins/11032222.md), 2026-05-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 Airbag 0015 Perform initial operation Software configuration error: The component protection is not supported for the system airbag.
- [VOS\-26\-23](/bulletins/11032221.md), 2026-05-05, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 with Airbag \- J706 \- Seat Occupant Detection System Control Module Basic Setting error message ODS5001E \& ODS5003E.
- [DC\_VW\_CF\_Airbag](/bulletins/11030826.md), 2026-04-06, Other: AIR BAGS. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration \(NHTSA\) has issued an urgent warning regarding counterfeit replacement airbag inflators that are being installed in used vehicles.
- [Dealer 69MJ](/bulletins/11021368.md), 2025-08-05, Service campaign: AIR BAGS. An incorrect EPROM component with lower bytes memory density may have been installed in some airbag control modules. This could cause the airbag indicator light on the instrument panel to come on. To address this issue, dealers will replace the airbag control module in the affected vehicles.
- [Circular 69MJ](/bulletins/11021367.md), 2025-08-05, Service campaign: AIR BAGS. An incorrect EPROM component with lower bytes memory density may have been installed in some airbag control modules. This could cause the airbag indicator light on the instrument panel to come on. To address this issue, dealers will replace the airbag control module in the affected vehicles.
- [VOS\-25\-05](/bulletins/11013856.md), 2025-02-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication for the airbag control module. For trouble code DTC B1022F0. Communication with the airbag control module – J234 has failed.
- [VOS\-25\-04](/bulletins/11013855.md), 2025-02-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication for the airbag control module. For trouble code DTC B10001B. Driver airbag igniter resistance too high \-N95

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