{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2005012 (Volkswagen), 2002 to 2004: Seats And Restraints",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2005012/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2005012, VOLKSWAGEN GTI, JETTA, GOLF, 2005-01-19. Certain vehicles equipped with the comfort seats option may have a seat heater.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Gti, Jetta, Golf. Published by Transport Canada as 2005012 on 19 January 2005. System: Seats And Restraints. What the notice says Certain vehicles equipped with the comfort seats option may have a seat heater element that can malfunction when the ignition switch is in the \"ON\" position and the seat heater switch is also \"ON\". If this happened, the seated occupant may experience excessive heat in this location. The heating mat could damage, or … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. This site holds seven national and European registers. Volkswagen GTI is named on 14 American notices and 10 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. VW recall 24V480 - 2022-2024 Golf R, Golf GTI, 2024 Atlas, and 2024 Atlas Cro... Volkswagen recall 23V437 - 2023 Golf R A8 and Golf GTI Volkswagen recall 22V707 - 2022-2023 Golf R A8 and Golf GTI Japanese recall 1235090 (Volkswagen), 2022: 1,260 vehicles Japanese recall 1234480 (Volkswagen), 2022: 31 vehicles Japanese recall 1228480 (Volkswagen), 2019: 629 vehicles Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cr",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:29:22+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:29:22+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2005012 (Volkswagen), 2002 to 2004: Seats And Restraints\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2005012/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}