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NHTSA Campaign 19V615000

STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

Issued by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · Reported Aug 22, 2019 · 679,027 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015-2019 GTI, 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 Golf, 2012-2019 Beetle and Beetle Convertible, 2017-2019 Golf SportWagen and 2011-2018 Jetta vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, manual handbrake and keyless entry. A build-up of silicate on the shift lever micro switch contacts may enable the key to be removed from the ignition when the transmission shift lever is not in "Park."

Consequence

Removing the key while the shift lever is in a position other than "Park" increases the risk of an unintended vehicle rollaway that may result in personal injury or a crash.

Remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional switch and circuit board, free of charge. The recall began November 19, 2019. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 37M2.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2012 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2013 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2014 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2015 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2016 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2017 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2018 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2019 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2012 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2013 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2014 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2015 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2016 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2017 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2018 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2019 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2015 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2016 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2018 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2019 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN 2017 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN 2018 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN 2019 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2015 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2016 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2017 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2018 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2019 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2011 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2012 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2013 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2014 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2015 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2016 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2017 679,027
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2018 679,027

Source: NHTSA Campaign 19V615000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.