NHTSA Campaign 16V078000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V078000 covers 34 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 16V078000 with NHTSA on February 10, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V078000, NHTSA lists up to 659,493 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 16V078000 were scheduled from March 10, 2017, 394 days after the report.
16V078000 covers 8 models from Volkswagen and Audi, model years 2007–2014.
Owners of the model years 16V078000 covers have filed at least 2,069 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V078000 vehicles, the 2013 Volkswagen Passat has the most (382).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V078000 ranks 3 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V078000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V078000 was 16V045000, reported on January 28, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
Reported February 10, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V078000 (34)
Volkswagen (25)
- 2009 Volkswagen CC
- 2010 Volkswagen CC
- 2011 Volkswagen CC
- 2012 Volkswagen CC
- 2013 Volkswagen CC
- 2014 Volkswagen CC
- 2012 Volkswagen Eos
- 2013 Volkswagen Eos
- 2014 Volkswagen Eos
- 2010 Volkswagen Golf
- 2011 Volkswagen Golf
- 2012 Volkswagen Golf
- 2013 Volkswagen Golf
- 2014 Volkswagen Golf
- 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen
- 2011 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen
- 2013 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen
- 2014 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen
- 2007 Volkswagen Passat
- 2008 Volkswagen Passat
- 2009 Volkswagen Passat
- 2010 Volkswagen Passat
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V078000, 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: February 10, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted