NHTSA Campaign 15V028000

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL

Issued by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · Reported Jan 23, 2015 · 44,658 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jetta vehicles manufactured March 28, 2014, to November 24, 2014, 2014-2015 Passat vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to November 18, 2014, 2015 Golf and GTI vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to November 20, 2014, and 2014-2015 Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles manufactured March 31, 2014, to November 27, 2014. A sealing cap at the fuel rail may fail, allowing fuel to leak into the engine compartment.

Consequence

A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.

Remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails with new parts, free of charge. The recall began February 6, 2015. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-822-8987. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 24BL. Note: This recall expands and supersedes recall 14V-809 (Volkswagen recall number 24Bi) and only affects vehicles not previously repaired under that campaign.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2014 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2015 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2015 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2015 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2014 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2015 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2014 44,658
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2015 44,658

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V028000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.