{"nhtsa_id":10120267,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-21","date":"2014-09-05","document_id":"TT 97-14-02","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Tech Tips (2004 and Newer Vehicles ? Damage to Data Link Connector (DLC) from Aftermarket Devices (Cannot Communicate with Vehicle OBD System)): The DLC is intended for use with diagnostic scan tools and by emissions testing stations. However, aftermarket devices (i.e., drive data recorders) that connect to the DLC have now become available. If any such accessory device installed in the DLC is bumped by a driver?s leg or is mis-aligned and then forced onto the DLC, this can unseat (push-back) or cause damage to one or more terminal pins.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120267-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10120267-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10120267","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"VOLKSWAGEN","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}