NHTSA Campaign 09V097000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 09V097000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the seat belts: front: buckle assembly. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 09V097000 with NHTSA on March 24, 2009; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 09V097000, NHTSA lists up to 5,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 5, 2008 and November 4, 2008.
The 09V097000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 09V097000 were scheduled from April 8, 2009, 15 days after the report.
09V097000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2009.
By potentially affected vehicles, 09V097000 ranks 40 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 09V097000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 2 other recalls on the seat belts on this site; the one before 09V097000 was 04V592000, reported on December 15, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MY 2009 CC VEHICLES. SOME AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN INCORRECTLY ROUTED RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE WIRING HARNESS, CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIRES TO BECOME DAMAGED WHEN THE SEAT IS MOVED FULLY UP OR DOWN OR BACK AND FORTH. IF THIS WIRING DAMAGE OCCURS, THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE WILL SWITCH TO A FALLBACK ALGORITHM AND DEACTIVATE THE PASSENGER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE PASSENGER'S FRONTAL AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT AN OCCUPANT, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND ADJUST THE ROUTING OF THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WIRING HARNESS. IF A DAMAGED WIRING HARNESS IS FOUND, THE HARNESS WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VOLKSWAGEN RECALL NO. 69H3/S3.
Reported March 24, 2009
Vehicles covered by 09V097000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 09V097000, 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: March 24, 2009. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted