{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "DVSA recall R/2017/040: VW Tiguan, Sportsvan, Touran and 2 more (Lights may fail without warning)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2017-040/",
  "summary": "VW Tiguan, Sportsvan, Touran and 2 more: Lights may fail without warning. DVSA reference R/2017/040, launched 23 January 2017, 62,200 vehicles. Defect, remedy",
  "excerpt": "Vw Tiguan, Sportsvan, Touran, Passat. Published by the DVSA as R/2017/040 on 23 January 2017. Concern: Lights may fail without warning. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at the DVSA , 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 / UK recalls A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read. R/2017/040 23 January 2017 VW (listed as VW) 97CH 62,200 Tiguan 12,440 1 June 2015 31 October 2016 Sportsvan 12,440 1 June 2015 31 October 2016 Touran 12,440 1 June 2015 31 October 2016 Passat 12,440 1 June 2015 31 October 2016 Golf 12,440 1 June 2015 31 October 2016 Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates. No match found in the American, Canadian or European registers by manufacturer reference, because the reference DVSA lists is too short to match safely. A recall can exist abroad under a different reference; this site only claims a match when the reference agrees. Check this recall on the DVSA service Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 tim",
  "register": {
    "authority": "DVSA",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recalls/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2017-01-23T09:00:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T12:00:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"DVSA recall R/2017/040: VW Tiguan, Sportsvan, Touran and 2 more (Lights may fail without warning)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2017-040/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}