Passenger car

VW · Passat

What is the danger

The vehicles may have been fitted with an incorrect driver airbag during a components replacement.

The airbag has not been tested and approved for these vehicles and might therefore not operate as intended.

Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer

Description: Passenger car.
Brand: VW
Model / type: Type-approval number: e1*2001/116*0307 Type: 3C
Batch: The vehicles affected were produced between 8 December 2006 and 20 May 2008 and were subject to a components replacement, including the driver airbag.

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number: A12/1292/18 ↗
Weekly report: Report-2018-036
Published: 3 September 2018
Modified: 29 September 2021
Corrigendum: Corrigendum : Notification A12/0794/18 from Report-2018-023 has been amended to indicate the exact batch concerned

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