TSB VOS-26-23 — Volkswagen Service bulletin

VOS-26-23 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the Volkswagen Atlas, 2018–2023 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue with Airbag - J706 - Seat Occupant Detection System Control Module Basic Setting error message…

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

1Document filed
1Vehicle named
6Model years

Vehicles and model years VOS-26-23 names

VehicleModel years
Volkswagen Atlas 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Every document filed under VOS-26-23

Document IDFiledType
VOS-26-23 April 1, 2026 Service bulletin

What VOS-26-23 covers

Airbags — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB VOS-26-23?

VOS-26-23 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Volkswagen, covering the Volkswagen Atlas across the 2018–2023 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue with Airbag - J706 - Seat Occupant Detection System Control Module Basic Setting error message…

Which vehicles does VOS-26-23 cover?

NHTSA's file names Volkswagen Atlas (2018–2023). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB VOS-26-23 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. VOS-26-23 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of VOS-26-23?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under VOS-26-23, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under VOS-26-23. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.