NHTSA Recall 22V815000
Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Component: Tires. Reported 2022-10-31. An estimated 296,044 vehicles are affected. Recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer.
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan LWB, Golf Sportswagen A7, Golf Alltrack, Golf R GP, Audi Q3, Audi A3 Cabriolet, 2019-2020 Jetta NF, Jetta GLI, Golf GTI, Atlas, Golf A7, Audi A3, 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport, and 2021 Atlas FL vehicles. The tire pressure monitoring system may not detect an air pressure loss in adequate time when deflating occurs among all four tires simultaneously. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."
Risk
An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.
What the manufacturer will do
Dealers will update the TPMS software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1-800-893-5298 or AudiÂ’s customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are (Audi) 45J7, and (VW) 45J6 and 45J8.
Manufacturer campaign number: AU:45J7,VW:45J6,45J8
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Vehicles covered by this recall
- 2019 Audi A3
- 2020 Audi A3
- 2019 Audi Q3
- 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
- 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
- 2019 Volkswagen Atlas
- 2020 Volkswagen Atlas
- 2021 Volkswagen Atlas
- 2019 Volkswagen GTI
- 2020 Volkswagen GTI
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf R
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
- 2019 Volkswagen Golf
- 2020 Volkswagen Golf
- 2019 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2020 Volkswagen Jetta
- 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan