Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport, Atlas. Published by Transport Canada as 2021032 on 27 January 2021. System: Steering.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the front steering knuckles may not have been manufactured correctly. As a result, the steering knuckle could break suddenly while driving. If this happens, there would be a loss of steering control.
Safety Risk:
A loss of steering control could create a risk of a crash.
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Volkswagen ATLAS CROSS SPORT in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2021032
- Recall date
- 27 January 2021
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Atlas Cross Sport, Atlas
- Model years
- 2020 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 369
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the front steering knuckles may not have been manufactured correctly. As a result, the steering knuckle could break suddenly while driving. If this happens, there would be a loss of steering control.Safety Risk:
A loss of steering control could create a risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Volkswagen will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to inspect the front knuckles and replace them, if necessary.
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 2021032.
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.
- 2021031 · 27 January 2021 · Jetta, Tiguan · Seats And Restraints
- 2021017 · 21 January 2021 · Beetle · Airbag
- 2021014 · 20 January 2021 · Golf, Jetta, Tiguan · Brakes
- 2021116 · 5 March 2021 · Atlas · Tires
- 2021326 · 26 May 2021 · GTI, Golf Wagon, Golf · Fabrics
- 2021404 · 30 June 2021 · Jetta · Airbag
- 2021496 · 6 August 2021 · Taos · Engine
- 2021523 · 20 August 2021 · Taos · Fuel System
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2021006 · 11 January 2021 · 320, 520 · Steering
- 2021117 · 5 March 2021 · Altima · Steering
- 2021210 · 7 April 2021 · B Class, Cla Class, Gla Class · Steering
- 2021216 · 9 April 2021 · Sprinter · Steering
- 2021219 · 12 April 2021 · Cascadia, XB Chassis, 5700 · Steering
- 2021304 · 19 May 2021 · Business Class M2, XC Chassis, Cascadia · Steering
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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 658 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2021.
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