NHTSA campaign 12V540000 · Volkswagen campaign 69i9/W6

Volkswagen Recall 12V-540: Occupant Detection System may Fail when Wet

NHTSA recall 12V540000 (Volkswagen campaign 69i9/W6) was reported by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC on November 15, 2012, with 2,471 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Volkswagen Beetle for model years 2012–2013. Owners were notified on January 9, 2013, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V540000 (also written 12V-540 or 12V540)
Filed by: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Volkswagen campaign number: 69i9/W6
Report received: November 15, 2012
Potentially affected: 2,471 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Air Bags — Frontal — Sensor/Control Module-Inactive
Owners notified: January 9, 2013

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V540000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Beetle
- 2012, 2013

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V540000.

Defect description

Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Beetle vehicles, manufactured from February 2012, through August 2012, and equipped with leather sport seats. If the right front passenger seat gets wet, the occupant control module may not properly detect the presence of a child restraint installed in the seat.

Safety consequence

If the control module does not detect a child seat installed, the airbag will not turn off. If the airbag does not turn off, in the event of a crash necessitating front airbag deployment, a child secured in the child seat may be at an increased risk for serious injury.

Manufacturer remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and replace the control modules, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during January 2013. Owners may contact Volkswagen at 1-800-822-8987.

Notes

Volkswagen's campaign recall number is 69i9/W6.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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V540000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.