Volkswagen has issued a recall for 3,138 Tiguan SUVs from model year 2025 because a wiring problem can deactivate their passenger-side airbags. The company is asking owners “not to allow occupants to sit in the front passenger seat until the remedy is complete.”
Today’s cars have a system that detects whether the front passenger seat is occupied and activates airbags only when it is in use. Volkswagen tells federal safety officials that, in some Tiguans, the detector can fail “due to a crimp that could be missing at a connection point.”
That can leave the airbag inactive when it is needed.
The company is aware of at least 58 field claims of the problem. Dealers will repair the wiring harness to fix the issue.
By law, dealers never charge for recall repairs.
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