Volkswagen Air Bags: Frontal

Volkswagen is recalling about 55 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. An incorrectly folded air bag may not protect the occupant as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
22V858000
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Reported
2 November 2022
Vehicles
55
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
14 February 2023
Repaired
82%
Unrepaired
10

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2021 Volkswagen ID.4

Repair progress

10 of 55 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2024.

82% repaired — 45 of 55 reported

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 2021 ID4 vehicles. The passenger air bag may be incorrectly folded. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What could happen

An incorrectly folded air bag may not protect the occupant as intended during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Volkswagen will replace the passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 14, 2023.

Parts involved

  • Passenger Airbag11A 880 204 GFront passenger airbag

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA2 November 2022
  2. Owners notified14 February 2023
  3. Latest repair reportQ4 2024 — 82% 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 2 November 2022.

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's customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number to this recall is 69EH.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
69EH
Recalling manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 208
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.nhtsa.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.

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