{"nhtsa_id":10239405,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-07-17","date":"2013-07-05","document_id":"TT571304","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"When adapting keys using ODIS, an error message may be displayed once the test plan directs to cycle the key off. If error is displayed, this does not necessarily indicate key adaptation has failed. If the immobilizer light turns off (instead of flashes) when key is switched on, key adaptation is in process. Continue to cycle remaining keys through ignition and then wait 2 minutes with the key off after adapting the last key. After 2 minutes have elapsed, evaluate vehicle operation with all keys, waiting 2 minutes with ignition off between each key.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239405-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10239405-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10239405","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"ignition","name":"Ignition","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE","year_from":2002,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_volkswagen_beetle","2003_volkswagen_beetle","2004_volkswagen_beetle","2005_volkswagen_beetle","2006_volkswagen_beetle"]},{"make":"VOLKSWAGEN","model":"BEETLE CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2003,"year_to":2005,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2003_volkswagen_beetle","2004_volkswagen_beetle","2005_volkswagen_beetle"]}],"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":[]}