Recall · 20V724000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled the VOLKSWAGEN Tiguan over seat belts
10,835
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
November 20, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2018 Tiguan LWB vehicles. In the event of a crash, one or both of the front seat belt's webbing may tear.
- What it can cause
- A torn seat belt may not adequately restrain the seat occupant during a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat belts and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 13, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69BH.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| VolkswagenTiguan | 2018 | 2018 |
How this campaign compares
At 10,835 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 80% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Volkswagen vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 6 times before this, most recently in September 2020 as 20V579000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 281 complaints with NHTSA, 175 of them before this campaign was filed. 16 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 26V590000 (steering), 22V226000 (structure), 21V732000 (structure).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. with NHTSA on November 20, 2020 as campaign 20V724000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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