{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 25V854 (74HE): 2025 Tiguan",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v854/",
  "summary": "Recall 25V854 (Volkswagen): A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash. Volkswagen's own number: 74HE.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Tiguan, model year 2025. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 10 December 2025. 3,138 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Tiguan vehicles. The passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may experience a fault in the wiring and deactivate the front passenger air bag when the seat is occupied. 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: 74HE. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 25V854 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: “A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.” 25V854 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Air Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification:Front Passenger 10 December 2025 2025-2025 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Tiguan vehicles. The passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may experience a fault in the wiring and deactivate the fron",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-20T20:05:10+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-20T20:05:10+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 25V854 (74HE): 2025 Tiguan\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/25v854/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}