{"nhtsa_id":10120261,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-21","date":"2014-09-30","document_id":"Dealer Letter-Da","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP COMMUNICATION (Upcoming UPDATE 23N7 ? TDI Battery Management Software Update): This document informs of an upcomming update which states that the battery can become discharged due to a unique set of circumstances during the CAN bus diagnostic phase, leading to excessive parasitic draw and a discharged battery while the vehicle is parked. The corrective action for this issue was a SVM software update","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120261-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120261-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10120261","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"GOLF","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_golf"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"JETTA","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_jetta"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"PASSAT","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_volkswagen_passat"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}