Volkswagen Golf 2012–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin VOS-20-13 · NHTSA communication 10174058 · issued Apr 15, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2020
model years
17
vehicle entries
Official summary
This document outlines updates to the ODIS diagnostic software. Updates include corrected diagnostic test plans for the stated vehicles.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf
- 2015 Volkswagen Golf
- 2016 Volkswagen Golf
- 2017 Volkswagen Golf
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf
- 2020 Volkswagen Golf
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat
- 2016 Volkswagen Passat
- 2017 Volkswagen Passat
- 2018 Volkswagen Passat
- 2019 Volkswagen Passat
- 2020 Volkswagen Passat
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.