# NHTSA recall 17V766000

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: 17V766000
- Manufacturer's number: 20AQ
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2017\-11\-29
- Owners notified: 2018\-01\-10
- Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
- Units potentially affected: 58

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2018 Atlas vehicles.  The fuel tank may have been manufactured with insufficient wall thickness, potentially resulting in the tank leaking fuel.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 301, "Fuel System Integrity."


## What can happen

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge.  The recall began December 10, 2017.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 20AQ.


## 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 2019 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 58
- Reported remedied: 55 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-05\-16 to 2017\-06\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [VWM1407](/bulletins/10253481.md), 2024-04-22, Service bulletin
- [VWM1403](/bulletins/10253477.md), 2024-04-22, Service bulletin
- [V001713203384619](/bulletins/10238298.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [VWM1407](/bulletins/10236553.md), 2023-05-22, Service bulletin
- [VWM1403](/bulletins/10236549.md), 2023-05-22, Service bulletin
- [TT 01 20 05\_4](/bulletins/10222093.md), 2022-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TT 20 09 01\_5](/bulletins/10214745.md), 2022-07-01, Service bulletin
- [V011615201481514](/bulletins/10214485.md), 2022-07-01, Service bulletin
- [OilCapChart](/bulletins/10203676.md), 2021-12-07, Service bulletin
- [V001713203384614](/bulletins/10198230.md), 2021-07-02, 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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