Back in June 2014, the Office of Defects Investigation opened preliminary 14-016 over six airbag inflator ruptures involving privately-owned vehicles produced by five automakers. The airbag inflators ...

Volkswagen is recalling nearly 114,500 of its Beetle and Passat vehicles in response to the potential risk their driver’s side airbag inflators could explode. The side front airbag inflator on the ...

Volkswagen is recalling nearly 115,000 Beetle and Passat models over potentially dangerous faults in the air bag system. According to a recall notice reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...

Volkswagen is recalling 2,471 Beetle vehicles for a faulty airbag control module, which may fail to function properly if it gets wet. In model year 2012 Beetles equipped with leather sport seats, the ...

Volkswagen AG is recalling 2,791 Beetle cars in North America because the airbag may deploy even if a child is secured in the front seat. The recall affects 2,471 Beetle cars in the United States and ...

Unlike millions of other airbag inflators manufactured by Japan’s Takata Corp. that were recalled over the past decade in a massive federal safety action, a new batch is now under recall despite ...

More than 37,000 Volkswagen Beetle models are being recalled in the United States due to a defective Takata driver front airbag inflator. A recall notice reveals that the driver’s side airbag inflator ...

Volkswagen is recalling 114,478 vehicles in the U.S. because of safety concerns over their airbags, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.The recall includes certain 2006-07 ...

Volkswagen is recalling 420,000 vehicles in the US from several of its model lines because the wiring for the driver’s side airbag can be torn. If this happens, then the safety device wouldn’t work in ...

As cars have gotten more airbags, and more complicated bags, in the past couple year there has been an uptick in recalls involving the bags. The latest came today with the redesigned Volkswagen Beetle ...