Volkswagen Tiguan. Published by Transport Canada as 2018265 on 16 May 2018. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a front lower ball joint nut may be loose or improperly tightened. This could result in a dislocation of a lower ball joint, which could affect steering, traction or stability of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace …
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Volkswagen TIGUAN in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volkswagen TIGUAN is named on 28 American notices, 3 European and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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 INFO/00145/21: Volkswagen Golf A7, Golf A7 Variant, Tiguan, Jetta A7, Golf A7 TDI, notified by France
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/01680/21: Volkswagen (VW) Tiguan, notified by France
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018265
- Recall date
- 16 May 2018
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Tiguan
- Model years
- 2018
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 833
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a front lower ball joint nut may be loose or improperly tightened. This could result in a dislocation of a lower ball joint, which could affect steering, traction or stability of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the lower ball joint nut (ball joint to wheel bearing housing/”steering knuckle”) on one or both sides of the vehicle and clean the threads in the ball joint if necessary. Note: In the interim, owners are advised to stop driving their vehicle until the defect has been repaired. Affected owners should call Volkswagen's Roadside Assistance number at 1-800-411-6688 to arrange to have the vehicle towed to the nearest dealer for repair.
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 2018265.
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.
- 2018266 · 17 May 2018 · Eos, Touareg, Passat · Other
- 2018227 · 2 May 2018 · Atlas · Fuel System
- 2018292 · 1 June 2018 · Golf Wagon, Atlas, SQ5 · Brakes
- 2018296 · 6 June 2018 · Tiguan, Atlas · Airbag
- 2018205 · 25 April 2018 · Tiguan · Suspension
- 2018316 · 13 June 2018 · Eurovan, Eurovan Camper Van, Jetta · Airbag
- 2018191 · 18 April 2018 · Golf R, E-Golf · Seats And Restraints
- 2018192 · 18 April 2018 · Passat · Airbag
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.
- 2018225 · 2 May 2018 · 918 Spyder · Suspension
- 2018222 · 1 May 2018 · Compass · Suspension
- 2018205 · 25 April 2018 · Tiguan · Suspension
- 2018300 · 8 June 2018 · Wildwood, Salem · Suspension
- 2018302 · 8 June 2018 · Quantum, Vegas, Outlaw · Suspension
- 2018313 · 13 June 2018 · Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4s, Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid · Suspension
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Volkswagen Tiguan, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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