Volkswagen recalled 246,000 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs within the U.S. and Canada due to a wiring situation that might trigger issues with the airbags, home windows and brakes of the automobiles.
Damage to the wiring of the automobiles may end in airbags deploying “later than designed,” which may result in harm of individuals within the car, in response to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The wiring situation may additionally trigger different issues within the automobiles, together with the car’s home windows rolling down on their very own and its digital parking brake inadvertently partaking at low speeds.
Currently, the corporate doesn’t have a repair for the difficulty, in response to the report, nonetheless Volkswagen will provide a reimbursement program for recalled automobiles.
The recall contains the 2019 by way of 2023 Volkswagen Atlas, in addition to the 2020 by way of 2023 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport.
Volkswagen will notify homeowners and sellers by mail on May 10, 2022, if their automobiles are included within the recall. The firm may even attain out once more when a repair is developed so homeowners can carry of their SUVs for restore.
In the meantime, homeowners can test the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s web site to see if their automobiles are included within the recall by looking their car identification quantity, or VIN.