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Volkswagen Beetle 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin Elsa Newsletter · NHTSA communication 10121052 · issued Jan 18, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Reminder that ODIS Service V3.0.0 is now available for installation, and that it is mandatory on all diagnostic devices used on vehicles covered by the new vehicle warranty. With the release of V3.0.0. Installation DVDs are no longer used. New installations on new devices and re-installations on existing devices are now performed directly from the web server

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.