# NHTSA recall 21V732000

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: 21V732000
- Manufacturer's number: 51H5
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-09\-23
- Owners notified: 2021\-11\-19
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
- Units potentially affected: 2
- Part numbers: 5NN.817.287

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2018 Tiguan vehicles.  During the repair of roof damage, an incorrect roof reinforcement assembly may have been installed.


## What can happen

The incorrect roof reinforcement may decrease the roof's structural integrity or impact deployment of the side curtain air bags, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will be replace the roof reinforcement, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 19, 2021.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 51H5.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 2, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2
- Reported remedied: 1 \(50%\)
- 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

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2018/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.

- [V5515032021354\_8](/bulletins/11010024.md), 2024-11-06, Service bulletin
- [TT 00\-24\-01](/bulletins/11008846.md), 2024-10-09, Other
- [DC 60E260E5\_EXP2](/bulletins/10252087.md), 2024-04-04, Service bulletin
- [V4016012043146\_2](/bulletins/10232117.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [V0017062033708\_8](/bulletins/10220342.md), 2022-10-05, Service bulletin
- [V001901204059010](/bulletins/10206817.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin
- [SM 01\-2021](/bulletins/10193923.md), 2021-06-03, Service bulletin
- [V5119012020753\_6](/bulletins/10190526.md), 2021-05-06, Service bulletin
- [V5515032021354\_7](/bulletins/10185665.md), 2021-02-04, Service bulletin
- [TT 55 20 01](/bulletins/10185211.md), 2021-01-08, 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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