NHTSA Campaign 16V913000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA campaign 16V913000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 16V913000 with NHTSA on December 20, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V913000, NHTSA lists up to 135,683 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 27, 2008 and July 8, 2009.
The 16V913000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V913000 were scheduled from February 14, 2017, 56 days after the report.
16V913000 covers 6 models from Audi and Volkswagen, model years 2009–2010.
Owners of the model years 16V913000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V913000 vehicles, the 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit has the most (5).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V913000 ranks 37 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V913000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 16 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 16V913000 was 16V170000, reported on March 24, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Volkswagen Jetta A5 Sedan, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles, and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles. The Antilock Brake System (ABS) control unit may fail during ABS or Electronic Stability Control (ESC) activation, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control.
- The risk
- A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control module software to improve the module's self-testing abilities. Any module that fails the new diagnostic test will be replaced. These repairs will be made free of charge. The recall began February 2017. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298.
Reported December 20, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V913000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V913000, 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 20, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted