# NHTSA recall 16V083000

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: 16V083000
- Manufacturer's number: Not yet assigned
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-02\-11
- Owners notified: 2016\-12\-12
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 1037

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(VW\) is recalling certain model year 2009 Volkswagen Routan vehicles manufactured February 7, 2008, to August 28, 2008.  In the affected vehicles, the air bag control units may corrode and fail.


## What can happen

If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.  Additionally, the air bags may inadvertently deploy, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

VW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control unit, free of charge.  The recall began April 2016.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.


## 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 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1037
- Reported remedied: 354 \(34%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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

- [2009 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN](/makes/volkswagen/routan/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-02\-07 to 2008\-08\-28.

## 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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