Recall 22V815000

TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

Report Date
20221031
Component
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
Affected Vehicles
18 models

Defect Description

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."

Safety 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.

Affected Vehicles

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

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.