# NHTSA recall 18V284000

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: 18V284000
- Manufacturer's number: 20AW
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-05\-02
- Owners notified: 2018\-06\-22
- Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 278

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain Volkswagen Atlas vehicles.  The fuel tank on these vehicles may leak fuel due to a manufacturing error.  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 June 22, 2018.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 20AW.  Note: This recall is an expansion of recall 17V\-766.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 278
- Reported remedied: 268 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-04\-27 to 2017\-06\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TT 20 18 01](/bulletins/10180098.md), 2020-10-06, Service bulletin
- [TT 20 18 06](/bulletins/10154081.md), 2019-03-04, 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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