{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2018431 (Volkswagen), 2018: Airbag",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2018431/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2018431, VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS, 2018-08-16. On certain vehicles, a drain tube for the air conditioner may be twisted and could drain water.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Atlas. Published by Transport Canada as 2018431 on 16 August 2018. System: Airbag. What the notice says On certain vehicles, a drain tube for the air conditioner may be twisted and could drain water inside the passenger compartment onto the airbag control module. This could cause the airbag control module to malfunction, potentially causing a sudden airbag deployment without a crash, increasing the risk of injury 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. This site holds seven national and European registers. Volkswagen ATLAS is named on 43 American notices and 3 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Volkswagen recall 24V723 - 2024 Atlas and 2024 Atlas Cross Sport VW recall 24V480 - 2022-2024 Golf R, Golf GTI, 2024 Atlas, and 2024 Atlas Cro... Volkswagen recall 24V464 - 2021-2024 Atlas and 2020-2024 Atlas Cross Sport Israeli recall 14198 (Volkswagen Atlas), 2022 Israeli recall 16175 (Volkswagen Atlas), 2025 Israeli recall 14231 (Volkswagen Atlas), 2022 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 cross-reference each other. Reading th",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:00:03+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:00:03+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2018431 (Volkswagen), 2018: Airbag\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2018431/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}