NHTSA Campaign 22V815000

TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

Issued by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · Reported Oct 31, 2022 · 296,044 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan LWB, Golf Sportswagen A7, Golf Alltrack, Golf R GP, Audi Q3, Audi A3 Cabriolet, 2019-2020 Jetta NF, Jetta GLI, Golf GTI, Atlas, Golf A7, Audi A3, 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport, and 2021 Atlas FL vehicles. The tire pressure monitoring system may not detect an air pressure loss in adequate time when deflating occurs among all four tires simultaneously. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."

Consequence

An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will update the TPMS software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1-800-893-5298 or Audi’s customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are (Audi) 45J7, and (VW) 45J6 and 45J8.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
AUDI A3 2019 296,044
AUDI A3 2020 296,044
AUDI Q3 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2020 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS 2021 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT 2020 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT 2021 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2020 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF ALLTRACK 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2020 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2019 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2020 296,044
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN 2019 296,044

Source: NHTSA Campaign 22V815000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.