Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.: Air Bags › Air Bag/Restraint Control Module
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 17, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 27,822. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Tiguan and CC vehicles. The air bag Electronic Control Unit (ECU) may have a defective power supply capacitor that can result in air bag deactivation or inadvertent deployment of the air bags.
The risk
Deactivated air bags increases the risk of injury. Inadvertent deployment of the air bags increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will install new software and replace the air bag ECU as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 25, 2019. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69Z5.
4 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Volkswagen CC | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan | 97 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 Volkswagen CC | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 19V535000.
Full record for the 2016 Volkswagen CC → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →