NHTSA Campaign 11V151000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
NHTSA campaign 11V151000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition: switch. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V151000 with NHTSA on March 1, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V151000, NHTSA lists up to 12,612 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.
The 11V151000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V151000 were scheduled from June 15, 2011, 106 days after the report.
11V151000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2010.
Owners of the model years 11V151000 covers have filed at least 150 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V151000 ranks 32 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V151000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 11V151000 was 10V252000, reported on June 10, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 ROUTAN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 2009 THROUGH JUNE 2010. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE INADVERTENT IGNITION KEY DISPLACEMENT FROM THE RUN TO ACCESSORY POSITION WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF.
- The risk
- AN ENGINE SHUTTING OFF SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WIN MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
- Notes
- VOLKSWAGEN SAFETY RECALL NO. 28G1/U8.
Reported March 1, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V151000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V151000, 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 1, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted