NHTSA Campaign 03V356000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 03V356000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC filed the report for 03V356000 with NHTSA on September 29, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V356000, NHTSA lists up to 333 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2003 and August 31, 2003.
The 03V356000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V356000 were scheduled from October 3, 2003, 4 days after the report.
03V356000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 03V356000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V356000 ranks 15 of 18 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC recalls on this site.
Besides 03V356000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC has 1 other recall on the air bags on this site; the one before 03V356000 was 02V275000, reported on October 9, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE PASSENGER DETECTION FUNCTION OF THE PASSIVE OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM (PODS) MAY BECOME DISABLED.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE PODS CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTION, THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT WORK AS DESIGNED AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE PODS. OWNER NOTIFICATION ORIGINALLY BEGAN OCTOBER 3, 2003. VW HAS DETERMINED THAT ADDITIONAL VEHICLES NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE RECALL FOR THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER 17, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VWOA AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VW RECALL NO. WU.
Reported September 29, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V356000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V356000, 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: September 29, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted