# NHTSA recall 20V504000

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: 20V504000
- Manufacturer's number: 94N7
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2020\-08\-26
- Owners notified: 2020\-09\-09
- Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
- Units potentially affected: 11

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2020 Atlas Cross Sports and 2021 Atlas vehicles.  The driver's side headlight may have been aimed too low during production.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."


## What can happen

A headlight aimed incorrectly aimed reduces the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will adjust the driver's side headlight, free of charge. The recall began September 9, 2020.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 94N7.


## 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 5, for 2021 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 11
- Reported remedied: 11 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2020/recalls.md)

## 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 94 20 01\_4](/bulletins/10230859.md), 2023-02-07, Service bulletin
- [TT 94 20 01](/bulletins/10181423.md), 2020-11-05, Service bulletin
- [VIN4APIN20200514](/bulletins/10175599.md), 2020-06-04, 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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