# NHTSA recall 14V182000

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: 14V182000
- Manufacturer's number: 38B9/9V
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2014\-04\-15
- Owners notified: 2014\-04\-16
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
- Units potentially affected: 26452

## What is wrong

Volkswagen of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Jetta, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, and Passat vehicles equipped with a 1.8T engine and torque converter automatic transmission.  In the affected vehicles, the O\-ring seals between the oil cooler and the transmission may leak fluid.


## What can happen

The leaking transmission fluid could contact a hot surface and result in a vehicle fire.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the O\-ring seals in the transmission oil cooler, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on April 16, 2014.  Owners may contact Volkswagen at 1\-800\-822\-8987.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 38B9/9V.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 26452
- Reported remedied: 26315 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 8
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE](/makes/volkswagen/beetle/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-02\-03 to 2014\-04\-08.
- [2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA](/makes/volkswagen/jetta/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-02\-03 to 2014\-04\-08.
- [2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-02\-03 to 2014\-04\-08.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [931301](/bulletins/10253208.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin
- [UPDATE24AE](/bulletins/10252234.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin
- [List](/bulletins/10244049.md), 2023-10-16, Service bulletin
- [Edition85](/bulletins/10243010.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [Edition115](/bulletins/10242996.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [CHARTd](/bulletins/10242420.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [CHARTc](/bulletins/10242419.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [CHART](/bulletins/10242416.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [Edition46](/bulletins/10242394.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [Edition59](/bulletins/10242379.md), 2023-09-18, 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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