{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 18V369: Audi Q5, Audi SQ5, Volkswagen Atlas and 6 more (2018)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v369/",
  "summary": "Recall 18V369 (Volkswagen): A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Audi Q5, Audi Sq5, Volkswagen Atlas, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, Volkswagen Golf, model year 2018. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 1 June 2018. 10,225 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2018 Volkswagen Atlas, Passat, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf SportWagen and GTI and Audi Q5 and SQ5 vehicles. The brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , 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. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.” 18V369 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Caliper 1 June 2018 2018-2018 AUDI Q5, AUDI SQ5, VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS, VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE, VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE, VOLKSWAGEN GOLF, VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN, VOLKSWAGEN GTI, VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT This is not an ordinary campaign. Owners are told not to drive the vehicle at all . NHTSA applies this to a small minority of campaigns. 28 of the 1,399 we curr",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T19:43:08+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T14:27:06+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 18V369: Audi Q5, Audi SQ5, Volkswagen Atlas and 6 more (2018)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v369/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}