The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jetta vehicles manufactured March 28, 2014, to November 24, 2014, 2014-2015 Passat vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to November 18, 2014, 2015 Golf and GTI vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to November 20, 2014, and 2014-2015 Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles manufactured March 31, 2014, to November 27, 2014. A sealing cap at the fuel rail may fail, allowing fuel to leak into the engine compartment.
The risk
A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails with new parts, free of charge. The recall began February 6, 2015. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-822-8987. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 24BL. Note: This recall expands and supersedes recall 14V-809 (Volkswagen recall number 24Bi) and only affects vehicles not previously repaired under that campaign.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Beetle | 2014, 2015 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2015 |
| Volkswagen GTI | 2015 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2014, 2015 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2014, 2015 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Beetle | 2014 | 50 | 5 |
| Volkswagen Beetle | 2015 | 83 | 5 |
| Volkswagen GTI | 2015 | 97 | 6 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2015 | 131 | 12 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2014 | 387 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2015 | 194 | 7 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2014 | 594 | 10 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2015 | 243 | 7 |
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 2015
31 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. filed 321 campaigns in all.
| 15V881000 28 Dec 2015 | Ferrari North America, Inc. |
| 15V849000 18 Dec 2015 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 15V812000 2 Dec 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
| 15V811000 1 Dec 2015 | Ferrari North America, Inc. |
| 15V793000 24 Nov 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
| 15V792000 24 Nov 2015 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 15V717000 30 Oct 2015 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 15V712000 27 Oct 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015