NHTSA Campaign 16V045000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 16V045000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 16V045000 with NHTSA on January 28, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V045000, NHTSA lists up to 734 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 13, 2015 and February 3, 2015.
The 16V045000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V045000 were scheduled from July 15, 2016, 169 days after the report.
16V045000 covers 2 models from Audi and Volkswagen, model years 2015.
Owners of the model years 16V045000 covers have filed at least 28 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V045000 vehicles, the 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan has the most (28).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V045000 ranks 198 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V045000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V045000 was 15V823000, reported on December 8, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan vehicles manufactured January 15, 2015, to January 21, 2015, and 2015 Audi Q5 vehicles manufactured January 13, 2015, to February 3, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with driver and front seat passenger seat-mounted air bag inflators that may rupture in the event of a crash.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of a seat-mounted air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the side air bag modules, free of charge. The recall began July 7, 2016. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834 or Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69M1 (for Audi) and 69L9 (for VW).
Reported January 28, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V045000 (2)
Audi (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V045000, 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: January 28, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted