Volkswagen Beetle, Jetta, Gti, Golf, Passat. Published by Transport Canada as 2006122 on 24 May 2006. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain Golf, GTI, Jetta, Jetta wagon, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, Passat and Passat wagon, the brake lamp switch may malfunction. If this happens, the brake lamps could become inoperative; or could come on and stay on, even though the vehicle is parked. Correction: Dealers will replace the brake lamp …
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Volkswagen BEETLE in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006122
- Recall date
- 24 May 2006
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Beetle, Jetta, GTI, Golf, Passat
- Model years
- 1998 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 244,526
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Golf, GTI, Jetta, Jetta wagon, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, Passat and Passat wagon, the brake lamp switch may malfunction. If this happens, the brake lamps could become inoperative; or could come on and stay on, even though the vehicle is parked. Correction: Dealers will replace the brake lamp switch with a newly revised version. This action includes vehicles previously affected by Transport Canada recall 03-184 and 04-075. The switch installed during this prior repair may not function properly. Note: parts available December 2006.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2006122.
Volkswagen elsewhere in this register
Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2006015 · 19 January 2006 · A6, Passat, A4 · Fuel System
- 2006339 · 6 December 2006 · Passat · Electrical
- 2006340 · 6 December 2006 · Passat · Brakes
- 2005192 · 29 June 2005 · Jetta · Fuel System
- 2007210 · 22 June 2007 · Jetta · Other
- 2005107 · 14 April 2005 · GTI, Golf · Fuel System
- 2007306 · 18 September 2007 · Jetta, GTI, Rabbit · Lights And Instruments
- 2005012 · 19 January 2005 · GTI, Jetta, Golf · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2006117 · 24 May 2006 · Sonata · Lights And Instruments
- 2006126 · 29 May 2006 · Sidewinder · Lights And Instruments
- 2006127 · 30 May 2006 · Dump Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 2006111 · 15 May 2006 · Pace Arrow, Southwind, Bounder · Lights And Instruments
- 2006112 · 15 May 2006 · Sun Voyager · Lights And Instruments
- 2006110 · 9 May 2006 · Allegro, Allegro Bay · Lights And Instruments
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volkswagen: 284 in the register, and 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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