# NHTSA recall 20V533000

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: 20V533000
- Manufacturer's number: 69AY
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2020\-09\-02
- Owners notified: 2020\-10\-14
- Component: AIR BAGS:PASSENGER SIDE FRONTAL:CUSHION
- Units potentially affected: 1829
- Part numbers: 561.880.204.D

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2020 Passat vehicles.  The passenger frontal air bag may have been folded incorrectly affecting its deployment force.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

An incorrectly folded air bag can deploy with too much force, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag, free of charge.  The recall began October 14, 2020.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-888\-241\-2289.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69AY.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1829
- Reported remedied: 1725 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2020 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT](/makes/volkswagen/passat/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.

- [V6919012010479\_17](/bulletins/11034621.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [DC\_VW\_CF\_Airbag](/bulletins/11030826.md), 2026-04-06, Other
- [VOS\-25\-04](/bulletins/11013855.md), 2025-02-06, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-24\-129](/bulletins/11011377.md), 2024-12-05, Service bulletin
- [V691901201047915](/bulletins/10231584.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [Airbag](/bulletins/10213836.md), 2022-06-13, Service bulletin
- [V001809\-2053065](/bulletins/10161471.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin
- [V001808\-2053065](/bulletins/10161470.md), 2019-06-24, 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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