NHTSA Campaign 04V584000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 04V584000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the exterior lighting: hazard flashing warning lights: switch. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 04V584000 with NHTSA on December 16, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V584000, NHTSA lists up to 410,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 1999 and September 30, 2001.
The 04V584000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V584000 were scheduled from March 31, 2005, 105 days after the report.
04V584000 covers 3 models from Volkswagen, model years 2000–2002.
Owners of the model years 04V584000 covers have filed at least 162 complaints naming the exterior lighting, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V584000 vehicles, the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta has the most (80).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V584000 ranks 4 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 04V584000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 5 other recalls on the exterior lighting on this site; the one before 04V584000 was 04V096000, reported on February 20, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE HAZARD SWITCH AND FLASHER SYSTEM FUNCTION MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME BECAUSE OF DISTORTION AND MATERIAL TRANSFER OF THE CONTACTS OF CERTAIN HAZARD SWITCH RELAYS WHICH OCCURS DUE TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED ELECTRICAL CURRENT LOAD FROM HIGHER WATTAGE TURN SIGNAL BULBS.
- The risk
- THIS MAY RESULT IN INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD FLASHER FUNCTION.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE HAZARD FLASHER SWITCH/RELAY KIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 31, 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VW RECALL NO. VX.
Reported December 16, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V584000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V584000, 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: December 16, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted