# NHTSA recall 20V579000

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: 20V579000
- Manufacturer's number: 69BA
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2020\-09\-23
- Owners notified: 2020\-10\-07
- Component: SEAT BELTS; SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
- Units potentially affected: 6

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2020 Tiguan LWB vehicles.  The third row seat belt anchor bolts may not have been properly torqued.


## What can happen

Improperly torqued bolts may prevent the third row seat belt from performing as designed in a crash, increasing the risk of injury to the occupant.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners and will repurchase the vehicles. Owners are advised: No one should occupy the third row seat due to the safety risk. The recall began October 7, 2020. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298. Volkswagen number for this recall is 69BA.


## 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: 6
- Reported remedied: 4 \(66%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- 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 TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/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 69\-24\-01](/bulletins/11001503.md), 2024-06-11, Other
- [V691901201047915](/bulletins/10231584.md), 2023-03-06, 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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