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NHTSA Campaign Number

16V078000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Reported to NHTSA: February 10, 2016

Key Takeaways

  • Recall 16V078000 currently maps to 25 tracked vehicle-year pages across 2 makes.
  • This page summarizes the official defect description, safety consequence, and remedy text published by NHTSA for this campaign.
  • This is a campaign-level lookup, not a VIN-level clearance result. Use a VIN lookup before assuming your specific vehicle is still open.

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Defect Description

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Safety Consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.

What This Recall Page Shows

This page summarizes a single NHTSA recall campaign, including the defect description, safety consequence, and manufacturer's remedy. The affected vehicles listed below are the make/model/year combinations tracked in our database — this is not a VIN-specific result. To check whether your individual vehicle is covered by this recall, enter your 17-digit VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Click any vehicle below to view its full safety profile.

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Affected Vehicles (25)

YearMakeModel
2009AudiQ5
2010AudiQ5
2011AudiQ5
2012AudiQ5
2009VolkswagenCC
2010VolkswagenCC
2011VolkswagenCC
2012VolkswagenCC
2013VolkswagenCC
2014VolkswagenCC
2012VolkswagenEos
2013VolkswagenEos
2014VolkswagenEos
2010VolkswagenGolf
2011VolkswagenGolf
2012VolkswagenGolf
2013VolkswagenGolf
2014VolkswagenGolf
2007VolkswagenPassat
2008VolkswagenPassat
2009VolkswagenPassat
2010VolkswagenPassat
2012VolkswagenPassat
2013VolkswagenPassat
2014VolkswagenPassat

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Affected Makes

AudiVolkswagen

Affected Models

Audi Q5Volkswagen CCVolkswagen EosVolkswagen GolfVolkswagen Passat

Affected Make + Year Views

2014 Volkswagen2013 Volkswagen2012 Audi2012 Volkswagen2011 Audi2011 Volkswagen2010 Audi2010 Volkswagen2009 Audi2009 Volkswagen

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Affected Years

20142013201220112010200920082007

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These campaigns share the same broad recall component family, so they are useful if you want to compare how similar issue types appeared across other vehicles and time periods.

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This recall information is from NHTSA campaign 16V078000. This site is not affiliated with NHTSA. Contact your dealer or call NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 for more information.

Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026