# NHTSA recall 23V437000

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: 23V437000
- Manufacturer's number: 40T3
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2023\-06\-21
- Owners notified: 2023\-07\-06
- Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
- Units potentially affected: 59
- Part numbers: 5Q0.412.331.E

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2023 Golf R A8 and Golf GTI vehicles.  The strut mount may be deformed, loosening the bolted connections to the suspension strut mounting.


## What can happen

Loose suspension connections can cause steering instability, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the right and/or left suspension strut mountings, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 18, 2023.  Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 40T3.


## 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 1, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 59
- Reported remedied: 57 \(96%\)
- 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

- [2023 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R](/makes/volkswagen/golf-r/2023/recalls.md)
- 2023 VOLKSWAGEN GTI

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [Dealer 40S9](/bulletins/10238208.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [Circular 40S9](/bulletins/10238204.md), 2023-07-10, 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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