{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016132 (Volkswagen), 2012 to 2014: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016132/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016132, VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT, 2016-03-23. Certain vehicles may have been equipped with an underbody sensor containing an improperly.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Passat. Published by Transport Canada as 2016132 on 23 March 2016. System: Electrical. What the notice says Certain vehicles may have been equipped with an underbody sensor containing an improperly assembled seal which could allow water to penetrate and corrode the electrical terminals. This could lead to an electrical short causing the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) to illuminate in the vehicle and cause the circuit to … 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. Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016132 , dated 23 March 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V171 , dated 24 March 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 23T3 . Number 2016132 16V171 Dated 23 March 2016 24 March 2016 Register Transport Canada NHTSA Make Volkswagen The two registers are 1 day apart : the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second. These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufactu",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:00:23+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:34:38+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016132 (Volkswagen), 2012 to 2014: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016132/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}