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Vehicles · NHTSA · Recall #NHTSA-22V815000

2021 Volkswagen Atlas Recall

Issued October 31, 2022 · Volkswagen

In October 2022, Volkswagen recalled the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas, 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 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."

What you should do

  1. 1 Keep using 2021 Volkswagen Atlas only as advised. See the remedy below.
  2. 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
  3. 3 Contact Volkswagen to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
  4. 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): 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 Audi’s customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are (Audi) 45J7, and (VW) 45J6 and 45J8.

Recall details

Brand
Volkswagen
Category
Vehicles
Recall date
October 31, 2022
Units affected
Not reported
Sold at
Not listed
Recall number
NHTSA-22V815000
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 205th Vehicles recall we've logged in 2022.
Read the official NHTSA notice

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