Volkswagen recalls nearly 250,000 vehicles over increased crash risk - is your car affected?

VOLKSWAGEN has recalled 224,704 vehicles primarily over a tire pressure monitoring system issue that can cause underinflation.

Tires with improper air levels produce worse gas mileage and are more prone to blowouts that can cause an accident.

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Motor Safety reports that the following cars are part of Volkswagen’s massive recall:

• 2019 – 2021 Volkswagen Atlas
• 2020 – 2021 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport
• 2019 – 2020 Volkswagen Golf
• 2019 – 2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI
• 2019 – 2020 Volkswagen Jetta
• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen
• 2019 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
• 2019 Volkswagen Golf R
• 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan

The Volkswagen Auto Group’s company, Audi, is also recalling 2019 to 2020 A3 and 2019 Q3 models over faulty tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS.)

These Volkswagen and Audi models may have TPMS that don’t readily alert drivers when all four tires are losing air at once.

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The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) requires automakers to warn drivers of their tire pressure within 20 minutes of a low reading, Autoblog reports.

This period is enacted so drivers have enough time to refill, repair, or replace their tires before the air levels present a hazard.

The Volkswagen Auto Group’s 224,704 recalled models can be fixed for free at a dealer service center via a software update.

You can verify that your vehicle’s recalled by visiting Volkswagen or Audi’s recall page.

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Once you arrive at your manufacturer’s recall page, check your car’s status by entering its VIN (Vehicle Identification Number.)

Your VIN is a serial code located on the front of your dashboard on your driver’s side.

The easiest way to source your VIN from your dashboard is to look outside your car through your windshield.

You can additionally find your VIN within your driver’s door jamb.

Autoblog reports that 6,076 of these Audis exist within the Volkswagen Auto Group’s TPMS order:

• 2021 & 2022: A6 Allroad, A8, E-Tron models
• 2022: A3, A4, A4 Allroad, A5 Coupe and Cabriolet, A6, A7, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q7, Q8, RS Q8, RS6, RS7, S3, S4, S5 Coupe and Cabriolet, S6, S8, SQ7, SQ8 models

These Audis may have an infotainment screen with a broken voltage regulator that damages the display when the vehicle’s motor is off.

Once the voltage regulator damages the infotainment screen, its display won’t turn on when the engine is ignited.

Dealers will replace these vehicle’s infotainment screen for free if the unit is damaged.

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This isn’t the first recall that the Volkswagen Auto Group has issued in 2022.

In October, the auto giant recalled 75,000 2021, 2022, and 2023 Audi Q5s and Q5 Sportbacks, and 2022 to 2023 Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sports over engine failure risks.

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