# NHTSA recall 22V657000

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: 22V657000
- Manufacturer's number: 66N8
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2022\-08\-31
- Owners notified: 2022\-09\-16
- Component: TRAILER HITCHES
- Units potentially affected: 3184
- Part numbers: N.911.489.01

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2022 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles.  The trailer hitch bolts may have been insufficiently tightened.


## What can happen

Loose bolts may fall out, causing the remaining bolts to break, which could lead to separation of the trailer hitch and trailer, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will tighten the trailer hitch bolts, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 28, 2022.  Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 66N8.


## 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 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3184
- Reported remedied: 3096 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2022/recalls.md)
- [2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2022/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 66 18 03\-2](/bulletins/10220330.md), 2022-10-05, 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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