# Transport Canada recall 2018431

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: 2018431
- Manufacturer's number: 87F9
- Reported: 2018\-08\-16
- Component: Airbag
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 1094

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles, a drain tube for the air conditioner may be twisted and could drain water inside the passenger compartment onto the airbag control module. This could cause the airbag control module to malfunction, potentially causing a sudden airbag deployment without a crash, increasing the risk of injury to occupants and potentially leading to a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect the HVAC drain tube and, if found twisted, the hose and airbag control module will be replaced.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS](/makes/volkswagen/atlas/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.

- [VOS\-26\-52](/bulletins/11038160.md), 2026-10-06, Service bulletin
- [V6919012010479\_17](/bulletins/11034621.md), 2026-07-07, 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
- [VOS\-24\-101](/bulletins/11005833.md), 2024-08-06, Service bulletin
- [VOS\-24\-83](/bulletins/11002880.md), 2024-07-02, 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/2018431](/v1/recalls/tc/2018431)

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