{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 20V702 (44Q5): 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport and 2021 Atlas",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v702/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V702 (Volkswagen): Over cured tires can result in a sidewall break causing a sudden loss of air pressure or the tread separating from the tire....",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Atlas, Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 13 November 2020. 760 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport and 2021 Atlas vehicles equipped with Continental Cross Contact LX Sport tires, size 255/50 R 20 105 T. The tires may have been over cured. 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 Volkswagen's own number for this recall: 44Q5. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V702 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. 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: “Over cured tires can result in a sidewall break causing a sudden loss of air pressure or the tread separating from the tire. Both conditions increase the risk of a crash.” 20V702 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Tires:Sidewall 13 November 2020 2020-2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS, VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT Over cured tires can result in a sidewall break causing a sudden loss of air pressure o",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:28:03+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T18:33:25+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 20V702 (44Q5): 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport and 2021 Atlas\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v702/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}