# NHTSA recall 19V535000

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: 19V535000
- Manufacturer's number: 69Z5
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-07\-17
- Owners notified: 2019\-11\-25
- Component: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 27822

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2015\-2016 Tiguan and CC vehicles.  The air bag Electronic Control Unit \(ECU\) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.


## What can happen

Deactivated air bags increases the risk of injury.  Inadvertent deployment of the air bags increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will install new software and replace the air bag ECU as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began November 25, 2019.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69Z5.


## 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 2021 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-04\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 27822
- Reported remedied: 18540 \(66%\)
- Reported unreachable: 425
- Reported removed: 22

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

- [2015 VOLKSWAGEN CC](/makes/volkswagen/cc/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-06 to 2015\-12\-17.
- [2016 VOLKSWAGEN CC](/makes/volkswagen/cc/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-06 to 2015\-12\-17.
- [2015 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-03\-12 to 2015\-12\-19.
- [2016 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-03\-12 to 2015\-12\-19.

## 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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