NHTSA Campaign 10V252000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NHTSA campaign 10V252000 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 10V252000 with NHTSA on June 10, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V252000, NHTSA lists up to 15,902 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2008 and July 30, 2009.
The 10V252000 report reached NHTSA 10 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V252000 were scheduled from October 15, 2010, 127 days after the report.
10V252000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2009.
Owners of the model years 10V252000 covers have filed at least 151 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V252000 ranks 28 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V252000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 10V252000 was 06V198000, reported on June 5, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 ROUTAN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 2008 THROUGH JULY 2009. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH AN IMPROPER ROUTED WIRE HARNESS THAT MAY HAVE A CONDITION WHERE THE LOWER SLIDING DOOR HINGE BRACKET CAN MAKE CONTACT AND WEAR THROUGH THE WIRE INSULATION. CONTACT WITH A 12V POWER FEED CIRCUIT WITHIN THE HARNESS MAY CAUSE A HIGH RESISTIVE SHORT CIRCUIT WITHIN THE LATCH MECHANISM LOCATED INSIDE OF THE SLIDING DOOR.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN AN OVERHEATED LATCH AND A FIRE WITHIN THE REAR SLIDING DOOR COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- VOLKSWAGEN WILL INSPECT THE SLIDING DOOR WIRE TRACK WIRE ASSEMBLY AND THE SLIDING DOOR POWER DRIVE UNIT WIRE ASSEMBLY FOR DAMAGE, REPAIR/REPLACE AS NECESSARY, TIE STRAP THE TWO HARNESSES TOGETHER AND ROUTE THE HARNESSES UNDER THE SLIDING DOOR WEATHER STRIP. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VOLKSWAGEN SAFETY RECALL NO. 97S8/T7.
Reported June 10, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V252000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V252000, 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: June 10, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted