Volkswagen Passat. Published by Transport Canada as 2018192 on 18 April 2018. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a …
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Volkswagen PASSAT in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018192
- Recall date
- 18 April 2018
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Passat
- Model years
- 2006 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,339
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional Note: This recall replaces Volkswagen recall 69M8 (TC 2016-065). Volkswagen vehicles that were not repaired under recall 69M8 (TC 2016-065) require repair under this recall.
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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.
- 2018191 · 18 April 2018 · Golf R, E-Golf · Seats And Restraints
- 2018205 · 25 April 2018 · Tiguan · Suspension
- 2018227 · 2 May 2018 · Atlas · Fuel System
- 2018265 · 16 May 2018 · Tiguan · Suspension
- 2018266 · 17 May 2018 · Eos, Touareg, Passat · Other
- 2018111 · 6 March 2018 · Passat, CC, Eos · Airbag
- 2018292 · 1 June 2018 · Golf Wagon, Atlas, SQ5 · Brakes
- 2018296 · 6 June 2018 · Tiguan, Atlas · Airbag
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018173 · 11 April 2018 · Elantra, Elantra Touring · Airbag
- 2018166 · 6 April 2018 · Lancer · Airbag
- 2018245 · 9 May 2018 · Cascadia · Airbag
- 2018261 · 15 May 2018 · Sonata · Airbag
- 2018279 · 25 May 2018 · Terrain · Airbag
- 2018111 · 6 March 2018 · Passat, CC, Eos · Airbag
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