Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.: Tires › Pressure Monitoring and Regulating Systems
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 31, 2022 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 296,044. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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."
The risk
An undetected sudden loss of pressure in all four tires increases the risk of a crash.
The 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 Audis customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are (Audi) 45J7, and (VW) 45J6 and 45J8.
18 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Volkswagen Atlas | 482 | 17 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport | 165 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020 Audi A3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Atlas | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport | 108 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Golf | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Volkswagen GTI | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Jetta | 54 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 Audi A3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Audi Q3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Atlas | 484 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf R | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Volkswagen GTI | 179 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Jetta | 552 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan | 196 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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 22V815000.
Full record for the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →