{"nhtsa_id":10157676,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-08","date":"2012-10-22","document_id":"VOS-12-18","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Service Information (ODIS Service & VAS-PC ? Uninstall and Reinstall Overview): When ODIS Service is installed on VAS diagnostic devices with VAS-PC diagnostic software, a number of application and diagnostic database files are shared. As a result, whenever ODIS Service or VAS-PC diagnostic software requires uninstallation and reinstallation to resolve software malfunctions, or the diagnostic device?s Windows XP® operating system requires a full recovery, a specific sequence must be followed in each case. This document informs of the specific sequence that must take place.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10157676-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10157676-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10157676","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":[]}