Volkswagen 2019-07-17 Vehicles serious NHTSA
Vehicles · NHTSA · Recall #NHTSA-19V535000
2016 Volkswagen Tiguan Recall
Issued July 17, 2019 · Volkswagen
In July 2019, Volkswagen recalled the 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan, a serious vehicles recall reported by the NHTSA. Affected owners are eligible for a repair. Here is what the hazard is and exactly what to do about it.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
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.
What you should do
- 1 Keep using 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan only as advised. See the remedy below.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Volkswagen to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): 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.
Recall details
- Brand
- Volkswagen
- Category
- Vehicles
- Recall date
- July 17, 2019
- Units affected
- Not reported
- Sold at
- Not listed
- Recall number
- NHTSA-19V535000
- Made in
- Not listed
- Issuing agency
- NHTSA
In context
- Volkswagen has 87 recalls in our database, including 4 rated Critical.
- We're tracking 1,755 Vehicles recalls in our database.
- This is the 160th Vehicles recall we've logged in 2019.