NHTSA Campaign 11V196000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
NHTSA campaign 11V196000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V196000 with NHTSA on March 29, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V196000, NHTSA lists up to 71,043 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 11V196000 were scheduled from April 21, 2011, 23 days after the report.
11V196000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2011.
Owners of the model years 11V196000 covers have filed at least 186 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V196000 ranks 11 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V196000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 4 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 11V196000 was 11V151000, reported on March 1, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 JETTA VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 2010 THROUGH MARCH 2011. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE AN ELECTRICAL WIRING AND FUSE LAYOUT WHERE THE CONVERTER BOX IS PROTECTED BY THE SAME FUSE USED BY THE SIGNAL HORN AND THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM SYSTEM. SHOULD THAT FUSE BE BLOWN, THE CONVERTER BOX WILL BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE POWER SUPPLY WHICH, IN TURN, WILL SHUT OFF APPLICATIONS SUCH AS THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND WIPERS.
- The risk
- SHOULD THIS HAPPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, THE ENGINE COULD STALL, OR THE HEADLIGHTS OR WIPERS COULD TURN OFF UNEXPECTEDLY, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS WHEN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF REPAIRS KITS ARE AVAILABLE. DEALERS WILL SEPARATE THE WIRING FOR THE HORN AND THE THEFT PROTECTION HORN FROM THE POWER SUPPLY OF THE CONVERTER BOX AND ROUTE THE WIRES TO SEPARATE FUSES TO CORRECT THE CONDITION FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
Reported March 29, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V196000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V196000, 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 29, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted