# NHTSA recall 11V195000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 11V195000
- Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
- Reported: 2011\-03\-29
- Owners notified: 2011\-04\-28
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 256

## What is wrong

VOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 TOUAREG HYBRID VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM JULY 2, 2010, THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 2011.  THE CERTIFICATION LABELS ON THESE VEHICLES CONTAIN INCORRECT TIRE PRESSURE INFORMATION AND THEREFORE FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 110, "TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS."


## What can happen

INCORRECT TIRE PRESSURE INFORMATION COULD LEAD TO AN OWNER IMPROPERLY INFLATING THE VEHICLE TIRES. DRIVING ON IMPROPERLY INFLATED TIRES CAN LEAD TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AND POSSIBLY A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN OVERLAY CONTAINING THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE INFORMATION ONTO THE EXISTING VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE APRIL 19, 2011.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1\-800\-822\-8987.


## Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG HYBRID](/makes/volkswagen/touareg/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-02 to 2011\-02\-03. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [VWC0911](/bulletins/10253439.md), 2024-04-22, Service bulletin
- [911406](/bulletins/10253194.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin
- [911322](/bulletins/10253187.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin
- [TT971402](/bulletins/10252942.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT911403](/bulletins/10252916.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT911304](/bulletins/10252907.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT911303](/bulletins/10252906.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT911119](/bulletins/10252900.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin
- [UPDATE24U5](/bulletins/10252241.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin
- [TT911116](/bulletins/10252225.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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