NHTSA Campaign 12V299000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 12V299000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the visibility: sun/moon roof assembly. The repair is free.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC filed the report for 12V299000 with NHTSA on June 28, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V299000, NHTSA lists up to 13,172 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 21, 2011 and December 9, 2011.
The 12V299000 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V299000 were scheduled from August 7, 2012, 40 days after the report.
12V299000 covers 1 model from Audi, model years 2012.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V299000 ranks 31 of 54 VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V299000, VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC has 2 other recalls on the visibility on this site; the one before 12V299000 was 07V284000, reported on June 25, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 AUDI Q5 VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 21, 2011, THROUGH DECEMBER 9, 2011. SOME VEHICLES MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH A FRONT SUNROOF GLASS PANEL THAT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BREAKAGE IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER/TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE SUNROOFS GLASS BREAK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN USE, THE FALLING GLASS COULD CUT AND INJURE THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS. IT COULD ALSO DISTRACT THE DRIVER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT SUNROOF GLASS PANEL, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 7, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AUDI AT 1-800-253-2834.
- Notes
- VOLKSWAGENS SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 60B2/L3.
Reported June 28, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V299000 (1)
Audi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V299000, 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 28, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted