NHTSA recall 22V152000
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 | 22V152000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 97GF |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2022-03-28 |
| Owners notified | 2022-06-22 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW |
| Units potentially affected | 222892 |
| Part numbers | 3CN.971.120.x/121.x |
| Report | Annual report 2, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-04-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 222892 |
| Reported remedied | 213079 (95%) |
| Reported unreachable | 154 |
| Reported removed | 8 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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.
What is wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Atlas, 2020-2023 Atlas Cross Sport, and 2021-2023 Atlas FL vehicles. The door wiring harness electrical contacts may corrode, disrupting the electrical connection and delaying the deployment of the driver or passenger front side air bag during a side impact crash.
What can happen
A delayed air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will secure and, as necessary, replace any the front door wiring harnesses showing a fault code, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 20, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97GF.
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.
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| VOS-26-52 | 2026-10-06. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct airbag basic settings programming. |
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| V6919012010479_17 | 2026-07-07. Service bulletin. Inquiries |
| VOS-26-23 | 2026-05-05. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the issue with Airbag - J706 - Seat Occupant Detection System Control Module Basic Setting error message ODS5001E & ODS5003E. |
| DC_VW_CF_Airbag | 2026-04-06. Other. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent warning regarding counterfeit replacement airbag inflators that are being installed in used vehicles. |
| VOS 25 18 | 2025-03-05. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: This hotfix is for multiple vehicles for airbag module programming issues. |
| VOS-25-05 | 2025-02-06. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication for the airbag control module. For trouble code DTC B1022F0. Communication with the airbag control module – J234 has failed. |
| VOS-24-130 | 2024-12-05. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication for the airbag control module. For trouble code DTC B1022F0. Communication with the airbag control module – J234 has failed. |
| VOS-24-106 | 2024-09-06. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication with the airbag control module. B1022F0: Passenger occupant detection system control module no basic setting NOTE: Communication with the airbag control module -J234 has failed. |
| VOS-24-101 | 2024-08-06. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication with the airbag control module. B1022F0: Passenger occupant detection system control module no basic setting NOTE: Communication with the airbag control module -J234 has failed. |
| VOS-24-83 | 2024-07-02. Service bulletin. This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication with the airbag control module. B1022F0: Passenger occupant detection system control module no basic setting |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.