16V083000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury. Additionally, the air bags may inadvertently deploy, increasing the risk of a crash.
2009 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN
5 safety recall campaigns, 460 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints460
Complaints citing a crash7
Complaints citing a fire5
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 5 of 5
15V194000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
If the ignition key inadvertently moves into the OFF or ACCESSORY position, the engine will turn off, which will then depower various key safety systems including, but not limited to, air bags, power steering, and power braking. Loss of functionality of these systems may increase the risk of crash and/or increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
14V396000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
If the ignition key inadvertently moves into the OFF or ACCESSORY position, the engine will turn off, which will then depower various key safety systems including but not limited to air bags, power steering, and power braking. Loss of functionality of these systems may increase the risk of crash and/or increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
14V055000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
Failure of the rear axle may increase the risk of a crash.
10V252000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THIS COULD RESULT IN AN OVERHEATED LATCH AND A FIRE WITHIN THE REAR SLIDING DOOR COULD OCCUR.
What owners report most
- 146ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 78ENGINE
- 38SERVICE BRAKES
- 34STEERING
- 16POWER TRAIN
- 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 14SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 12ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTANs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.