# NHTSA recall 18V537000

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: 18V537000
- Manufacturer's number: 87F9
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-08\-20
- Owners notified: 2018\-09\-14
- Component: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 9685

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2018 Volkswagen Atlas vehicles.  During production, the air conditioning system drain tube may have been twisted, causing water to drain into the air bag control module.


## What can happen

The wet air bag control module may result in an unintentional deployment of the air bags, increasing the risk of injury or crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the air conditioning drain tube, and if it is twisted, the drain tube and air bag control module will be replaced, free of charge.  Some of the affected vehicles have had their drain tube previously replaced but did not receive a new air bag control module; the airbag control module will be replaced in these vehicles.  The recall began September 14, 2018.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 87F9.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 9685
- Reported remedied: 9044 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 4
- Reported removed: 4

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, 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 2016\-11\-17 to 2017\-08\-18.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [87F9 Parts Notif](/bulletins/10149842.md), 2018-12-03, 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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