{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 20V712 (40Q6): 2021 Atlas and 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v712/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V712 (Volkswagen): A damaged steering knuckle can fail, causing a loss of steering, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Atlas, Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 17 November 2020. 776 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Atlas and 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport vehicles. One or both steering knuckles may have been damaged during production. 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: 40Q6. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V712 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. This is a do-not-drive recall. The authority’s own remedy text tells owners not to drive the vehicle until it has been repaired. 20V712 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Steering 17 November 2020 2020-2021 VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS, VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS CROSS SPORT 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 currently hold. A damaged steering knuckle can fail, causing a loss of steering, t",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:28:08+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T18:33:25+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 20V712 (40Q6): 2021 Atlas and 2020-2021 Atlas Cross Sport\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v712/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}