# NHTSA recall 24V464000

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: 24V464000
- Manufacturer's number: 69PZ
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2024\-06\-20
- Owners notified: 2024\-09\-30
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
- Units potentially affected: 271330

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2021\-2024 Atlas and 2020\-2024 Atlas Cross Sport vehicles.  The passenger occupant detection system \(PODS\) may experience a fault in the wiring and deactivate the front passenger air bag when the seat is occupied.


## What can happen

A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the PODS sensor mat and wiring harness, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on September 30, 2024.  Owner notification letters will be mailed in phases, on October 18, 2024, December 10, 2024, December 20, 2024, and January 17, 2025. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69PZ.


## 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: Quarterly report 8, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 271330
- Reported remedied: 200427 \(73%\)
- 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

- [2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2021/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-17.
- [2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2022/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-17.
- [2023 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2023/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-17.
- [2024 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/2024/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-17.
- [2020 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2020/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-18.
- [2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2021/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-18.
- [2022 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2022/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-18.
- [2023 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2023/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-18.
- [2024 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT](/makes/volkswagen/atlas-cross-sport/2024/recalls.md). Built 2020\-10\-01 to 2024\-06\-18.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [VOS\-26\-52](/bulletins/11038160.md), 2026-10-06, Service bulletin
- [V6919012010479\_17](/bulletins/11034621.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-26\-28](/bulletins/11032224.md), 2026-05-05, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-26\-23](/bulletins/11032221.md), 2026-05-05, Service bulletin
- [DC\_VW\_CF\_Airbag](/bulletins/11030826.md), 2026-04-06, Other
- [VOS 25 18](/bulletins/11014956.md), 2025-03-05, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-25\-05](/bulletins/11013856.md), 2025-02-06, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-24\-130](/bulletins/11011378.md), 2024-12-05, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-24\-106](/bulletins/11007401.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin
- [TT 692301](/bulletins/10241493.md), 2023-09-01, 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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