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NHTSA Says Volkswagen Must Buy Back These Vehicles


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Modifications to Vehicles Made Them Noncompliant

Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.

NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V321000

Manufacturer Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Components UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Potential Number of Units Affected 46

Summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Touareg GP, Tiguan, Golf A6, E-Golf GP, CCF, 2016-2017 Passat GP, 2018-2019 Golf R GP, and 2018 Atlas vehicles. These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been modified prior to sale. As such, these vehicles may fail to comply with the requirements of various Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Remedy

Volkswagen will repurchase the vehicles. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 2, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 01F1.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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10 Affected Products

Makes/Models/Model Years:


VOLKSWAGEN/ATLAS/2018
VOLKSWAGEN/CC/2017
VOLKSWAGEN/E-GOLF/2017
VOLKSWAGEN/GOLF/2017
VOLKSWAGEN/GOLF R/2018-2019
VOLKSWAGEN/PASSAT/2016-2017
VOLKSWAGEN/TIGUAN/2017
VOLKSWAGEN/TOUAREG/2017

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