NHTSA Campaign 05V540000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 05V540000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: linkages: tie rod assembly. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V540000 with NHTSA on November 30, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V540000, NHTSA lists up to 15 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 3, 2005 and May 5, 2005.
The 05V540000 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V540000 were scheduled from December 7, 2005, 7 days after the report.
05V540000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 05V540000 covers have filed at least 112 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V540000 ranks 51 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V540000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 1 other recall on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE LEFT AND RIGHT TIE ROD SECURING NUT MAY BE INSUFFICIENTLY TORQUED.
- The risk
- AN INSUFFICIENTLY TIGHTENED TIE ROD NUT MAY LOOSEN, RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF A TIE ROD. THIS CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL NEW LEFT AND RIGHT TIE ROD SECURING NUTS AT THE PROPER TORQUED SPECIFICATION. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 7, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-893-5298.
- Notes
- VOLKSWAGEN RECALL NO. M5.
Reported November 30, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V540000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V540000, 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: November 30, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted