NHTSA Campaign 25V854000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
NHTSA campaign 25V854000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 25V854000 with NHTSA on December 10, 2025; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 25V854000, NHTSA lists up to 3,138 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 24, 2025 and May 12, 2025.
The 25V854000 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 25V854000 were scheduled from April 15, 2026, 126 days after the report.
25V854000 covers 1 model from Volkswagen, model years 2025.
By potentially affected vehicles, 25V854000 ranks 165 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 25V854000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 25V854000 was 24V834000, reported on October 30, 2024.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Tiguan vehicles. The passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may experience a fault in the wiring and deactivate the front passenger air bag when the seat is occupied.
- The risk
- A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
- The fix
- Owners are advised not to allow occupants to sit in the front passenger seat until the remedy is complete. Dealers will repair the affected wiring harness in the front passenger seat, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 15, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 74HE. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 12, 2025.
Reported December 10, 2025
Vehicles covered by 25V854000 (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 25V854000, 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 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted