Recall · 21V616000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 2 models over electrical system
33
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
August 6, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:RELAYS/SOLENOIDS
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles. Damaged relays may have been installed in the engine compartment fuse box, which could inadvertently activate the horn or engine starter.
- What it can cause
- A horn or starter that remains activated for an extended period of time can overheat, increasing the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and as necessary, replace the relays, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 27, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97FR.
- 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.nhtsa.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 33 vehicles this is a small campaign: 82% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Volkswagen vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 13 times before this, most recently in August 2019 as 19V615000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 626 complaints with NHTSA, 13 of them before this campaign was filed. 198 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in July 2020, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 16 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V464000 (air bags), 23V215000 (air bags), 22V815000 (tires), 22V514000 (back over prevention).
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 August 6, 2021 as campaign 21V616000. 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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