- Vehicles
- 10,225
- Built between
- Mar 2018 – Jun 2018
- Models
- 9
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 29 June 2018
- Repaired
- 99%
- Unrepaired
- 137
Safety advisories
Do not drive this vehicle
NHTSA and the manufacturer advise that affected vehicles should not be driven until the recall repair has been completed. Contact your dealer to arrange the repair, and ask about transport in the meantime.
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2018 and June 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2018 Audi Q5Built March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Audi SQ5Built March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen AtlasBuilt April 2018 to June 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen BeetleBuilt March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen Beetle ConvertibleBuilt March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen GolfBuilt March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen Golf SportwagenBuilt March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen GTIBuilt March 2018 to May 2018
- 2018 Volkswagen PassatBuilt April 2018 to June 2018
Repair progress
137 of 10,225 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2019.
99% repaired — 10,086 of 10,225 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 2
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2018 Volkswagen Atlas, Passat, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf SportWagen and GTI and Audi Q5 and SQ5 vehicles. The brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance.
What could happen
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Volkswagen and Audi will notify their owners. Audi dealers will bleed the rear brakes. Volkswagen dealers will bleed the front and rear brake calipers. Note: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the brake system has been checked. The recall began June 29, 2018.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2018 to June 2018
- Recall reported to NHTSA1 June 2018
- Owners notified29 June 2018
- Latest repair reportQ4 2019 — 99% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 June 2018.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 and Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are 47N8, 47N9, and 47N6.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 47N8, 47N9, 47N6
- Recalling manufacturer
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.