2019–2023 Volkswagen Atlas, 2020–2023 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport Recall: Door wiring harness electrical contacts may corrode, disrupting the…

NHTSA campaign 22V152000 · Air Bags · filed Mar 28, 2022 · verified Jul 30, 2026

Units reported

223K

Manufacturer

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Risk

Crash / injury

Owner letters

Mailing began Jun 22, 2022

The defect

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Atlas, 2020-2023 Atlas Cross Sport, and 2021-2023 Atlas FL vehicles. The door wiring harness electrical contacts may corrode, disrupting the electrical connection and delaying the deployment of the driver or passenger front side air bag during a side impact crash.

The risk

A delayed air bag deployment can increase the risk of injury.

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The fix — what to do

Dealers will secure and, as necessary, replace any the front door wiring harnesses showing a fault code, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 20, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97GF.

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

Affected vehicles

Make	Model	Model years
Volkswagen	Atlas	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Volkswagen	Atlas Cross Sport	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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Source: NHTSA recall database, campaign 22V152000 (manufacturer number 97GF). Data last verified Jul 30, 2026.