NHTSA recall 19V014000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 19V014000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 69S8/69Y5 |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2019-01-11 |
| Owners notified | 2019-03-04 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 119394 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2020 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2020-07-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 119394 |
| Reported remedied | 93760 (78%) |
| Reported unreachable | 2363 |
| Reported removed | 4939 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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.
What is wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015 Passat, 2015-2016 Eos, 2015-2017 CC, 2016-2017 TT Roadster, TT Coupe, 2017 Audi R8 Coupe, and R8 Spyder vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.
What can happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 4, 2019. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298; Audi owners may contact Audi at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69S8 (Audi) and 69Y5 (Volkswagen).
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.
| 2017 AUDI R8 SPYDER | Built 2016-11-10 to 2017-02-03. |
|---|---|
| 2016 AUDI TT ROADSTER | Built 2015-05-11 to 2017-01-23. |
| 2017 AUDI TT ROADSTER | Built 2015-05-11 to 2017-01-23. |
| 2015 VOLKSWAGEN CC | Built 2015-05-20 to 2016-11-28. |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN CC | Built 2014-05-20 to 2016-11-28. |
| 2017 VOLKSWAGEN CC | Built 2014-05-20 to 2016-11-28. |
| 2015 VOLKSWAGEN EOS | Built 2014-05-08 to 2015-07-13. |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN EOS | Built 2014-05-08 to 2015-07-13. |
| 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | Built 2013-11-14 to 2015-10-02. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as EA15001
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA15001 | Engineering analysis, opened 2015-02-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.