# Transport Canada recall 2018265

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2018265
- Manufacturer's number: 40N4 / 40N5
- Reported: 2018\-05\-16
- Component: Suspension
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 833

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles, a front lower ball joint nut may be loose or improperly tightened. This could result in a dislocation of a lower ball joint, which could affect steering, traction or stability of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the lower ball joint nut \(ball joint to wheel bearing housing/”steering knuckle”\) on one or both sides of the vehicle and clean the threads in the ball joint if necessary. Note: In the interim, owners are advised to stop driving their vehicle until the defect has been repaired. Affected owners should call Volkswagen's Roadside Assistance number at 1\-800\-411\-6688 to arrange to have the vehicle towed to the nearest dealer for repair.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2018/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.

- [SM 04\-2026](/bulletins/11029306.md), 2026-03-03, Other
- [V4016012043146\_4](/bulletins/11026184.md), 2025-12-05, Service bulletin
- [V4616012043146\_3](/bulletins/11021372.md), 2025-08-05, Service bulletin
- [TT 552001](/bulletins/10203608.md), 2021-12-07, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10158535.md), 2019-04-15, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10158534.md), 2019-04-15, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10157356.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10157355.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10157354.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [VIN\-4\-A\-PIN\-2019](/bulletins/10157353.md), 2019-04-08, 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2018265](/v1/recalls/tc/2018265)

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