NHTSA Campaign 11V580000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 11V580000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 11V580000 with NHTSA on December 6, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V580000, NHTSA lists up to 317 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 8, 2011 and May 26, 2011.
The 11V580000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V580000 were scheduled from December 16, 2011, 10 days after the report.
11V580000 covers 1 model from Audi, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 11V580000 covers have filed at least 15 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V580000 ranks 44 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V580000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 6 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 11V580000 was 09V484000, reported on December 18, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL 2012 AUDI A6 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 8, 2011, THROUGH MAY 26, 2011. DUE TO A PROBLEM IN THE STITCHING PROCESS OF THE CURTAIN AIR BAG, THE SEAM OF THE AIR BAG MAY NOT BE STITCHED PROPERLY.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE HEAD CURTAIN AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT AN OCCUPANT, INCREASING THE RISK OF AN INJURY.
- The fix
- VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOTIFY ALL OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT AND/OR RIGHT CURTAIN AIR BAG FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JANUARY 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
Reported December 6, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V580000 (1)
Audi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V580000, 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: December 6, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted