NHTSA Campaign 03V266000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NHTSA campaign 03V266000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC filed the report for 03V266000 with NHTSA on July 25, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V266000, NHTSA lists up to 670 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 2003 and July 25, 2003.
Owner notification letters for 03V266000 were scheduled from October 10, 2003, 77 days after the report.
03V266000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 03V266000 covers have filed at least 49 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V266000 ranks 13 of 18 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WIRING HARNESS MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY ROUTED DURING ASSEMBLY. AN IMPROPERLY ROUTED TPMS WIRING HARNESS MAY CONTACT THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE SPRING.
- The risk
- IF THIS HAPPENS, THE TPMS WIRING CIRCUIT COULD BE INTERRUPTED, RESULTING IN AN INOPERATIVE TPMS, AND CAUSING A SHORT-TO-GROUND CONDITION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TPMS WIRING HARNESS ROUTING AND, IF NECESSARY, CORRECT THE WIRING HARNESS ROUTING. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 18, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VWOA AT 1-800-893-5298.
- Notes
- VW RECALL NO. WS.
Reported July 25, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V266000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V266000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: July 25, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted