NHTSA recall 22V945000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 22V945000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 69EM |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2022-12-21 |
| Owners notified | 2023-10-26 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 37558 |
| Part numbers | 5C5.880.201.M, 5C5.880.201.Q, 5C5.880.201.P, 5C5.880.201.N |
| Report | Quarterly report 8, for 2025 quarter 3 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2025-10-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 37558 |
| Reported remedied | 27484 (73%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 3293 |
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.
What is wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Beetle and Beetle Convertibles vehicles. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
What can happen
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the driver's side air bag, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed October 26, 2023. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69EM.
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.
| 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE | |
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| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE | |
| 2015 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE | Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
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.
Investigated as EA15001
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA15001 | Engineering analysis, opened 2015-02-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| VWTakataSDI | 2020-06-04. Service bulletin. Takata Recall Update / Future Recalls for Vehicles with Takata SDI-D Airbag Inflators |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.