This standard specifies performance requirements for tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) to warn drivers of significant under-inflation of tires and the resulting safety problems.

Equipment — Other — Owners/Service/Other Manual

Summary

Certain vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 138, "tire pressure monitoring systems." The owner's manual is missing the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) written instructions.

Actions

Owners will be sent an owner's manual insert containing the required TPMS information. The recall began on July 6, 2007. Owners may contact VW at 1-800-893-5298.

Documents (11)

• Quarterly Performance Report
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Recall Acknowledgement
• Noncompliance Notice(Part 573)
• Owner Notification Letter(Part 577) - Owner Manual Insert
• Remedy Instructions and TSB - June 2007
• Remedy Instructions and TSB - July 2007
• Quarterly Performance Report
• Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
• Quarterly Performance Report

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