# NHTSA recall 14V670000

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: 14V670000
- Manufacturer's number: 72F1
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2014\-10\-24
- Owners notified: 2014\-11\-19
- Component: SEATS
- Units potentially affected: 393

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Volkswagen Jetta and Passat vehicles manufactured September 23, 2014, to October 9, 2014, and equipped with manual front seatback recliners.  In the affected vehicles, the seatback recliner retaining bracket may not engage correctly, resulting in unexpected movement of the seatback.


## What can happen

Unexpected movement of the driver's seatback may distract the driver, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the assembly of the seatback recliner retaining bracket, correcting it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began in October 2014.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 72F1.


## 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 2016 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 393
- Reported remedied: 381 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, 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

- [2015 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA](/makes/volkswagen/jetta/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-30 to 2014\-10\-01.
- [2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-23 to 2014\-10\-09.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [Edition116](/bulletins/10242997.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [Edition110](/bulletins/10242351.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [TT741502](/bulletins/10158507.md), 2019-04-15, Service bulletin
- [TT 741502](/bulletins/10157186.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT 74\-15\-01](/bulletins/10122926.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin
- [TT 74\-15\-01](/bulletins/10107612.md), 2017-06-23, 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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