The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Touareg GP, Tiguan, Golf A6, E-Golf GP, CCF, 2016-2017 Passat GP, 2018-2019 Golf R GP, and 2018 Atlas vehicles. These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been modified prior to sale. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of various Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
The risk
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.
The remedy
Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters were mailed May 20, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Atlas | 2018 |
| Volkswagen CC | 2017 |
| Volkswagen e-Golf | 2017 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2017 |
| Volkswagen Golf R | 2018, 2019 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2016, 2017 |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 2017 |
| Volkswagen Touareg | 2017 |
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 Atlas | 2018 | 466 | 17 |
| Volkswagen CC | 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2017 | 117 | 5 |
| Volkswagen Golf R | 2018 | 9 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Golf R | 2019 | 6 | 2 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2016 | 106 | 5 |
| Volkswagen Passat | 2017 | 110 | 7 |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 2017 | 76 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Touareg | 2017 | 24 | 1 |
| Volkswagen e-Golf | 2017 | 1 | 1 |