{"nhtsa_id":10150788,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-10","date":"2018-07-26","document_id":"Emissions Servic","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The reductive agent fluid (AdBlue) could contaminate the temperature sensor, causing the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) to come on. Additionally, high heat levels can cause the AdBlue fluid to react with the heating fins, causing a variation in internal resistance and the MIL to come on. If the MIL is on, the vehicle will not pass an emissions inspection.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10150788-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10150788-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150788","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"TOUAREG","year_from":2009,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_volkswagen_touareg","2010_volkswagen_touareg","2011_volkswagen_touareg","2012_volkswagen_touareg","2013_volkswagen_touareg","2014_volkswagen_touareg","2015_volkswagen_touareg","2016_volkswagen_touareg"]}],"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":[]}