Volkswagen Cc, Jetta, Tiguan, Passat, Gti, Eos. Published by Transport Canada as 2015344 on 31 July 2015. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the steering wheel clock spring could become contaminated with long hair or long fibers which may cause a displacement of the internal guide loops. When the guide loops are dragged out of position, they may apply tension to the internal flat cable and cause it to tear. Should the cable tear, the …
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Volkswagen CC in the other registers
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The American register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0863/16: VW Golf, Jetta, Up, Volkswagen CC, Tiguan, Polo, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0203/18: VW Sharan, Volkswagen CC, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert SR/00793/25: Volkswagen Beetle, New Beetle, Eos + Eos GP, Fox, Golf A6 + Cabrio + Plus, Passat B6 + B7 + CC, Polo Vivo + A04, notified by Germany
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015344
- Recall date
- 31 July 2015
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- CC, Jetta, Tiguan, Passat, GTI, Eos, Golf
- Model years
- 2010 to 2014
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 41,308
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the steering wheel clock spring could become contaminated with long hair or long fibers which may cause a displacement of the internal guide loops. When the guide loops are dragged out of position, they may apply tension to the internal flat cable and cause it to tear. Should the cable tear, the electrical connection to the driver's front airbag may be lost, causing the airbag monitoring indicator light to illuminate. Failure of the driver's airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of personal injury to the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will install a cover of a different design to help prevent clock spring contamination caused by hair or other fibers. In instances where the vehicle has an airbag light on (and diagnosis confirms the steering wheel clock spring requires replacement), dealers will install a new steering wheel clock spring.
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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.
- 2015347 · 31 July 2015 · Tiguan · Airbag
- 2015209 · 15 May 2015 · Tiguan · Label
- 2015445 · 5 October 2015 · Jetta, Golf · Airbag
- 2015504 · 23 October 2015 · Jetta, Passat, Beetle · Engine
- 2015161 · 16 April 2015 · Golf, A3, GTI · Fuel System
- 2016041 · 27 January 2016 · Q5, Tiguan · Airbag
- 2016059 · 5 February 2016 · Routan · Airbag
- 2016064 · 9 February 2016 · Passat, Golf City, Rabbit · Airbag
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015302 · 6 July 2015 · Sonata · Seats And Restraints
- 2015356 · 6 August 2015 · Armada · Seats And Restraints
- 2015364 · 11 August 2015 · Boulevard CT Can, Advocate CT Can, Marathon CT Can · Seats And Restraints
- 2015377 · 18 August 2015 · F-750, F-650 · Seats And Restraints
- 2015274 · 18 June 2015 · G8, Caprice · Seats And Restraints
- 2015264 · 15 June 2015 · Laferrari · Seats And Restraints
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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 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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