NHTSA Campaign 16V243000
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
NHTSA campaign 16V243000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 16V243000 with NHTSA on April 26, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V243000, NHTSA lists up to 366 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 7, 2015 and March 3, 2016.
The 16V243000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V243000 were scheduled from May 13, 2016, 17 days after the report.
16V243000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V243000 ranks 213 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V243000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 4 other recalls on the tires on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toureg vehicles manufactured July 7, 2015 to March 3, 2016. In the affected vehicles, the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) may be improperly calibrated and, as a result, the TPMS may fail to warn the driver that the tire pressure is low. Additionally, the tire pressures printed on the Safety Certification labels are incorrect. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."
- The risk
- If the vehicle is driven on underinflated tires, the tires may fail suddenly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Volkswagen has notified owners, and dealers will correct the TPMS settings and replace the safety certification label, free of charge. The recall began on May 13, 2016. Volkwagen's number for this recall is 44M9.
Reported April 26, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V243000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V243000, 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: April 26, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted