# NHTSA recall 18V324000

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.

**NHTSA advises: do not drive until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V324000
- Manufacturer's number: 40N4/40N5
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-05\-16
- Owners notified: 2018\-05\-30
- Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
- Units potentially affected: 2473

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan and Tiguan long wheel base \(LWB\) vehicles.  The nut that holds the lower ball joint of the front wheel on each side of the vehicle may be loose or improperly tightened.


## What can happen

A loose or improperly tightened ball joint nut can result in the separation of the lower ball joint causing steering, traction or other stability issues, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen has notified owners, and dealers will replace the nut on the lower ball joint and, as necessary, clean the thread in the ball joint, free of charge.  The recall began May 30, 2018.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 40N4.  Note: owners are advised not to drive their vehicle until the recall repair has been performed.


## 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 12, for 2021 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2473
- Reported remedied: 2464 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 2

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 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

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-07\-31 to 2018\-04\-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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