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VW - Rear wheel bearing housings may be incorrectly manufactured and could fail prematurely

Official notice

17 Nov 2017

CriticalDVSA

An official DVSA notice concerns VW - Rear wheel bearing housings may be incorrectly manufactured and could fail prematurely. Rear wheel bearing housings may be incorrectly manufactured and could fail prematurely Published 2017-11-17.

What to do now

Recall the 420 vehicles that are likely to be affected and replace the right and left rear wheel bearing housings.

Units affected

420

Recall number

R-2017-294

Official notice

2017-11-17

The hazard

Rear wheel bearing housings may be incorrectly manufactured and could fail prematurely

How to check if you're affected

Compare the VIN on your vehicle against the official list. If your VIN is listed, follow the official notice.

Models

GOLF

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Affected products

Product 1

VW GOLF

Units affected

420

Risk / hazard

Rear wheel bearing housings may be incorrectly manufactured and could fail prematurely

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 1

GB · United Kingdom

Company & contacts

Brand

Manufacturer

Vw

Phone

Not provided

Brand: VW. Contact: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Source & status

Source

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

DVSA recall R-2017-294

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

R-2017-294

Campaign number

42I2

Units affected

420

Classification

DVSA recall R-2017-294

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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