Volkswagen Jetta, Beetle. Published by Transport Canada as 2014464 on 20 October 2014. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, if the rear axle trailing arms are damaged in a rear or side-rear impact crash and a repair facility does not correctly diagnose or replace damaged rear axle components, rear trailing arm durability could be reduced, which could result in a sudden fracture of the trailing arm. This could lead to a …
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Volkswagen JETTA in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2014464
- Recall date
- 20 October 2014
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Jetta, Beetle
- Model years
- 2011 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 87,887
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, if the rear axle trailing arms are damaged in a rear or side-rear impact crash and a repair facility does not correctly diagnose or replace damaged rear axle components, rear trailing arm durability could be reduced, which could result in a sudden fracture of the trailing arm. This could lead to a loss of vehicle control, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will install a sheet metal inlay on both rear axle trailing arms. The inlay is designed to help prevent the sudden loss of vehicle control should a rear axle trailing arm fracture occur if undiagnosed/unrepaired damage exists from a previous rear or side-rear impact/crash.
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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.
- 2014465 · 20 October 2014 · Beetle · Structure
- 2014469 · 22 October 2014 · Jetta, Passat · Seats And Restraints
- 2014562 · 11 December 2014 · Jetta · Lights And Instruments
- 2014575 · 17 December 2014 · Passat, Jetta, Beetle · Fuel System
- 2014307 · 22 July 2014 · Tiguan · Fuel System
- 2014295 · 16 July 2014 · Golf · Powertrain
- 2014288 · 9 July 2014 · GTI, Golf · Suspension
- 2014266 · 2 July 2014 · Routan · Electrical
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2014450 · 15 October 2014 · 4268, Bulk Commodity Hopper Trailer, 3822 · Suspension
- 2014505 · 6 November 2014 · Camry, Camry Hybrid · Suspension
- 2014420 · 29 September 2014 · Tacoma · Suspension
- 2014526 · 20 November 2014 · Chu, Cxu · Suspension
- 2014406 · 18 September 2014 · SRX · Suspension
- 2014372 · 4 September 2014 · Essex Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Suspension
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