Audi A3, Volkswagen Eos, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Gti, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen, model years 2009 to 2010. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 December 2016. 135,683 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Volkswagen Jetta A5 Sedan, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles, and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles. The Antilock Brake System (ABS) control unit may fail during ABS or Electronic Stability …
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Volkswagen's own number for this recall: 45F2/45F5. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V913 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V913 cover?
- Audi A3, Volkswagen Eos, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen GTI, Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen, Volkswagen Rabbit, model years 2009-2010.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2009-2010 Volkswagen Jetta A5 Sedan, 2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Eos, GTI, Rabbit and Audi A3 vehicles, and 2010 Volkswagen Golf A6 vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control module software to improve the module's self-testing abilities. Any module that fails the new diagnostic test will be replaced. These repairs will be made free of charge. The recall began February 2017.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Volkswagen calls this recall 45F2/45F5, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 16V913 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 December 2016 |
| Model years | 2009-2010 |
| Vehicles named | AUDI A3, VOLKSWAGEN EOS, VOLKSWAGEN GOLF, VOLKSWAGEN GTI, VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN, VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loss of vehicle control can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the ABS control module software to improve the module's self-testing abilities. Any module that fails the new diagnostic test will be replaced. These repairs will be made free of charge. The recall began February 2017. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 583 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, hydraulic. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 37 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Audi A3 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Volkswagen Eos recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Volkswagen Golf recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Volkswagen GTI recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Volkswagen Jetta recalls: 27 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V913, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v913/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V913 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0f171ddb - Consequence
0bc58578 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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