# NHTSA recall 16V078000 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: 16V078000 - Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. - Reported: 2016\-02\-10 - Owners notified: 2017\-03\-10 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 659493 ## What is wrong Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2010\-2014 Golf, 2007\-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012\-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009\-2014 CC, 2009\-2012 Audi Q5, 2010\-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010\-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture. ## What can happen In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834. ## 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 2018 quarter 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-30 - Vehicles in the campaign: 659493 - Reported remedied: 385916 \(58%\) - Reported unreachable: 11658 - Reported removed: 310 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 2, 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 - 2010 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET - 2011 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET - 2012 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET - [2009 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2009/recalls.md) - [2010 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2011/recalls.md) - [2012 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2012/recalls.md) - 2010 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET - 2011 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET - 2012 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET - 2009 VOLKSWAGEN CC - 2010 VOLKSWAGEN CC - 2011 VOLKSWAGEN CC - [2012 VOLKSWAGEN CC](/makes/volkswagen/cc/2012/recalls.md) - 2013 VOLKSWAGEN CC - [2014 VOLKSWAGEN CC](/makes/volkswagen/cc/2014/recalls.md) - [2012 VOLKSWAGEN EOS](/makes/volkswagen/eos/2012/recalls.md) - [2013 VOLKSWAGEN EOS](/makes/volkswagen/eos/2013/recalls.md) - [2014 VOLKSWAGEN EOS](/makes/volkswagen/eos/2014/recalls.md) - [2010 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF](/makes/volkswagen/golf/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF](/makes/volkswagen/golf/2011/recalls.md) - [2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF](/makes/volkswagen/golf/2012/recalls.md) - [2013 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF](/makes/volkswagen/golf/2013/recalls.md) - [2014 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF](/makes/volkswagen/golf/2014/recalls.md) - [2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN](/makes/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN](/makes/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2011/recalls.md) - [2012 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN](/makes/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2012/recalls.md) - [2013 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN](/makes/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2013/recalls.md) - [2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN](/makes/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2014/recalls.md) - [2007 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2008/recalls.md) - [2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2009/recalls.md) - [2010 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2010/recalls.md) - [2012 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2012/recalls.md) - [2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2013/recalls.md) - [2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/2014/recalls.md) ## Investigated as EA15001 This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected. - EA15001: Engineering analysis, opened 2015\-02\-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V078000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V078000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [VWTakataSDI](/bulletins/10175600.md), 2020-06-04, Service bulletin - [Campaign Parts B](/bulletins/10133405.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin - [69N1 and 69N2 \-](/bulletins/10128310.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin - [SA\-97U3\-A](/bulletins/10038595.md), 2011-06-23, 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) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V078000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V078000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2016V078000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F16V078000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2016V078000)