Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 21V321000

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Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2021-05-05.

Recall campaignNHTSA 21V321000

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Component
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Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Vehicles affected
46
Reported to NHTSA
2021-05-05
Owners notified
2021-05-20

Defect description

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Touareg GP, Tiguan, Golf A6, E-Golf GP, CCF, 2016-2017 Passat GP, 2018-2019 Golf R GP, and 2018 Atlas vehicles. These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been modified prior to sale. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of various Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Safety risk

Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.

Manufacturer remedy

Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters were mailed May 20, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Scope of coverage

10 model years across 8 models.

ModelYears on record
Volkswagen Atlas2018
Volkswagen CC2017
Volkswagen E-Golf2017
Volkswagen Golf2017
Volkswagen Golf R2019 2018
Volkswagen Passat2017 2016
Volkswagen Tiguan2017
Volkswagen Touareg2017

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.