{"id":9290,"date":"2021-01-02T21:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/volkswagen-atlas-2018-18v537000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:57:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:57:27","slug":"volkswagen-atlas-2018-18v537000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/volkswagen-atlas-2018-18v537000\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Atlas (2018) – 18V537000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defect Description For Recall<\/h2>

Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain 2018 Volkswagen Atlas Vehicles. During ProduCTIon, The Air Conditioning System Drain Tube May Have Been Twisted, Causing Water To Drain Into The Air Bag Control Module.<\/p>

Make Of Vehicle<\/h2>

VOLKSWAGEN<\/p>

Model Of Vehicle<\/h2>

ATLAS<\/p>

Year<\/h2>

2018<\/p>

Recall Campaign Number<\/h2>

18V537000<\/p>

Component Description<\/h2>

Air BAGS: Air Bag\/Restraint Control Module<\/p>

Effect Of Defect<\/h2>

The Wet Air Bag Control Module May Result In An Unintentional Deployment Of The Air BAGS, Increasing The Risk Of Injury Or Crash.<\/p>

Fix Defect<\/h2>

Volkswagen Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Inspect The Air Conditioning Drain Tube, And If It Is Twisted, The Drain Tube And Air Bag Control Module Will Be Replaced, Free Of Charge. Some Of The Affected Vehicles Have Had Their Drain Tube Previously Replaced But Did Not Receive A New Air Bag Control Module; The Airbag Control Module Will Be Replaced In These Vehicles. The Recall Began September 14, 2018. Owners May Contact Volkswagen Customer Service At 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen’S Number For This Recall Is 87F9.<\/p>

Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2>

Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p>

Start Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20161117<\/p>

End Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20170818<\/p>

Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2>

V<\/p>

Number Affected<\/h2>

9685<\/p>

Date Owners Notified<\/h2>

20180914<\/p>

Initiated By<\/h2>

Mfr<\/p>

Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2>

Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p>

Date Report Received<\/h2>

20180820<\/p>

Make Campaign Number<\/h2>

87F9<\/p>

Part Number<\/h2>

<\/p>

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2>

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Vehicle recall defect – Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain 2018 Volkswagen Atlas Vehicles. During ProduCTIon, The Air Conditioning System Drain Tube May Have Been Twisted, Causing Water To Drain Into The Air Bag Control Module.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1250,1200],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}