# NHTSA recall 16V243000

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: 16V243000
- Manufacturer's number: 44M9
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-04\-26
- Owners notified: 2016\-05\-13
- Component: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
- Units potentially affected: 366

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toureg vehicles manufactured July 7, 2015 to March 3, 2016. In the affected vehicles, the Tire Pressure Monitoring System \(TPMS\) may be improperly calibrated and, as a result, the TPMS may fail to warn the driver that the tire pressure is low.  Additionally, the tire pressures printed on the Safety Certification labels are incorrect.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."


## What can happen

If the vehicle is driven on underinflated tires, the tires may fail suddenly, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen has notified owners, and dealers will correct the TPMS settings and replace the safety certification label, free of charge.  The recall began on May 13, 2016.  Volkwagen's number for this recall is 44M9.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 366
- Reported remedied: 241 \(65%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2016 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG](/makes/volkswagen/touareg/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-07\-07 to 2016\-03\-03.

## 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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