# NHTSA recall 26V138000

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: 26V138000
- Manufacturer's number: 97TC
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2026\-03\-11
- Owners notified: 2026\-03\-31
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 48165
- Part numbers: 09U927152

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2025\-2026 Jetta vehicles. The transmission ground wire may not have been properly connected during assembly, causing an open electrical circuit.


## What can happen

An open circuit may draw a higher current and increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and repair transmission ground wire as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 31, 2026. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97TC. Vehicle Identification Numbers \(VINs\) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 13, 2026.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 2, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 48165
- Reported remedied: 36717 \(76%\)
- 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

- [2025 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA](/makes/volkswagen/jetta/2025/recalls.md). Built from 2025\-03\-03.
- [2026 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA](/makes/volkswagen/jetta/2026/recalls.md). Built to 2026\-02\-17.

## 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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