The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Volkswagen Jetta A5 Sedan, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles, and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles. The Antilock Brake System (ABS) control unit may fail during ABS or Electronic Stability Control (ESC) activation, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control.
The risk
A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control module software to improve the module's self-testing abilities. Any module that fails the new diagnostic test will be replaced. These repairs will be made free of charge. The recall began February 2017. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Audi A3 | 2009 |
| Volkswagen Eos | 2009 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2010 |
| Volkswagen GTI | 2009 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2009, 2010 |
| Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen | 2009 |
| Volkswagen Rabbit | 2009 |
Components: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi A3 | 2009 | 47 | 5 |
| Volkswagen Eos | 2009 | 84 | 2 |
| Volkswagen GTI | 2009 | 167 | 2 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2010 | 69 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2009 | 889 | 6 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2010 | 852 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen | 2009 | 16 | 1 |
| Volkswagen Rabbit | 2009 | 62 | 2 |
Other electronic stability control (esc) recalls in 2016
8 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the electronic stability control (esc); Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. filed 321 campaigns in all.
| 16V733000 12 Oct 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V603000 16 Aug 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 16V482000 29 Jun 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V272000 5 May 2016 | General Motors LLC |
| 16V251000 27 Apr 2016 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 16V198000 7 Apr 2016 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 16V076000 10 Feb 2016 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016