NHTSA Campaign 19V535000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
NHTSA campaign 19V535000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: air bag/restraint control module. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 19V535000 with NHTSA on July 17, 2019; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 19V535000, NHTSA lists up to 27,822 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 6, 2015 and December 17, 2015.
The 19V535000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 19V535000 were scheduled from November 25, 2019, 131 days after the report.
19V535000 covers 2 models from Volkswagen, model years 2015–2016.
Owners of the model years 19V535000 covers have filed at least 84 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 19V535000 vehicles, the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan has the most (37).
By potentially affected vehicles, 19V535000 ranks 91 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 19V535000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 19V535000 was 19V474000, reported on June 19, 2019.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Tiguan and CC vehicles. The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.
- The risk
- Deactivated air bags increases the risk of injury. Inadvertent deployment of the air bags increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will install new software and replace the air bag ECU as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 25, 2019. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69Z5.
Reported July 17, 2019
Vehicles covered by 19V535000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 19V535000, 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: July 17, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted