On certain vehicles, the seat belt tension sensor wiring of the front passenger occupant classification system could fatigue and break over time. This could result in the front passenger airbag, knee airbag, and passenger seat-mounted side airbag to become deactivated, which in the event of crash, could increase the risk of injury to the occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will modify or replace the front passenger seat belt assembly as necessary.
On certain coupe and cabriolet models, the switches that detect if a seat belt is buckled may not function properly. This could cause a buckled seat belt to be incorrectly detected as unbuckled. In the event of a crash, this could cause the seat belt tensioning system not to work as designed, increasing the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the affected seat belt buckles.
On certain vehicles, the right rear seat belt buckle may have been manufactured incorrectly and may not properly restrain an occupant in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the rear right seat belt buckle with an improved part.
On certain vehicles, the seat belt latch plate in the second seating row outboard seats might retract into the area between the C-pillar paneling and the rear side paneling. This could hinder the access to the seat belt latch plate for the outboard seat occupants. If a rear seat passenger does not fasten the seat belt, the risk of injury in the event of a crash could increase.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will add a buffer element to the C-pillar paneling.
Certain vehicles may be equipped with rear seat belt retractors that do not comply with the requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 - Occupant Protection in Frontal Impacts. The automatic-locking retractors (ALR) of the rear seat belts may not switch to a locked position when the seat belt is fully pulled out of the retractor. If used to secure a child seat, a seat belt that is not properly locked could increase the risk of injury to the child in the event of a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the rear seat belt retractors and replace them if necessary.
Certain vehicles may have been built with an incorrectly limited passenger seat adjustment range. This could allow the seat to be positioned too far forward, potentially increasing the risk of injury to the seat occupant in the event of a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the adjustment range of the passenger seat and install the mechanical adjustment range limiter or update the seat control unit software.
On certain vehicles, the activation of the front seat belt pretensioners in a crash may result in momentary ignition of pretensioner exhaust gases. This could ignite materials in the B-pillar area, leading to a fire causing injury and/or damage to property.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the B-pillar area, modify the floor covering and sound insulation, and apply heat-resistant tape.
On certain vehicles that had the driver’s and/or front passenger's seat belt buckle replaced, a switch within the replacement buckle may incorrectly signal that the seat belt is always buckled. In the event of a crash, this may cause the airbag system not work as designed, and could increase the risk of injury to the occupant(s).
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the signal from the seat belt switch and replace the inner seat belt assembly as needed.
On certain wheelchair-accessible vehicles, the bolts used to attach the removable seats to the floor may contain a defect and could break in the event of a crash, creating a risk of injury.
On certain vehicles, the rear seatback lock strikers may not have been installed during the manufacturing process. In the event of crash, an unlocked seatback could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupants.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and install rear seatback lock strikers as necessary.
On certain convertible cars, the lower universal anchorage system for attaching child safety or booster seats may have been installed incorrectly. In the event of a crash, this could cause the lower anchorage (and an attached child seat) to detach from the car body, increasing the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the lower universal anchorage system if necessary.
On certain vehicles, if a child restraint with a larger than recommended base is installed in the centre position of the second row bench seat, it may damage both the centre and adjacent outboard seat belt buckles. In the event of a crash, a damaged seat belt buckle can release unexpectedly, increasing the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the centre and left (outboard) second row seat belt buckles, and replace as necessary. Additionally Volkswagen will provide an owner's manual supplement addressing child safety and child restraints.
Certain vehicles that have had a driver and/or front passenger seatback pad replaced may not comply with Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 214 - Side Impact Protection. Certain seatback pads sold as replacement service parts may have been manufactured without a slit opening for the seat mounted side airbags. In the event of a crash warranting deployment of the side airbag(s), the seatback pad would interfere and adversely affect airbag performance, which could increase the risk of injury to the front seated occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the front seatback pad(s) as necessary.
Certain vehicles may have been built with defective front seat head rest guide sleeves. This could result in the head rest(s) not locking properly which, in the event of a crash, could cause a head rest to come loose and increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the head rest guide sleeves on both front seats.
On certain vehicles, the rear outboard seats may have had seat belts improperly routed around the rear seat bolster bracket during the manufacturing process. In the event of a crash, improperly routed seat belts may not provide adequate restraint to the seat occupants which could increase the risk of injury.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the rear outboard seat belts for proper routing and reroute the seat belts as necessary.
Certain vehicles equipped with power driver and passenger seats may fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 207 - Anchorage of Seats and CMVSS 210 – Seat Belt Anchorages. The front driver and/or passenger seats may have been assembled with improperly manufactured rivets to secure the seat slide rails to the forward seat feet. In the event of a crash, the rivets may break and allow the front seat(s) to separate from the seat feet, which would fail to meet the requirements of the standard(s), and could increase the risk of injury to the seated occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
For Pilot models, dealers will replace the “H” frame (seat rail assembly), on both front seats, and for affected MDX models, dealers will replace the driver’s seat frame assembly.
On certain vehicles, the seatbacks of the front seats may not fully lock on the right-hand side of the respective seat. If the seatback is improperly locked, in the event of a crash, unsecured objects in the rear seats might not be held back and the risk of injury to the front occupants would be increased.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the locking of the front seatbacks, and replace the seatbacks as necessary.
On certain vehicles, the seat belt latch plate in the second seating row outboard seats might retract into the area between the C-pillar paneling and the rear side paneling. This could hinder the access to the seat belt latch plate for the outboard seat occupants. If a rear seat passenger does not fasten the seat belt, the risk of injury in the event of a crash could increase.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will add a buffer element to the C-pillar paneling.
On certain vehicles, the seat recliner mechanism for the second row left (driver’s) side seat may have a manufacturing error. If the second row left side seat walk-in feature (which folds the seatback and slides the seat forward for access to the third row) is operated while the seat is in the full recline position, the recliner cam could over rotate. When the seatback is returned to an upright position, there is a potential for the seatback to stay in unlocked position or unexpectedly unlock without engaging the lever. In the event of crash, an unlocked seatback could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will test the seat to confirm proper operation. If the seat recliner is found to be operating properly, a stopper bracket (which limits the rotation of the cam) will be installed on the seat recliner mechanism. In cases where the seatback does not function properly, dealers will replace the seatback frame assembly and a stopper bracket will be installed and proper operation will be verified.
On certain vehicles equipped with AMG Performance Seats, the welding between the backrest rail and the backrest metal fitting of the driver and/or passenger seat might not meet specifications. The metal fitting may disengage from the backrest rail, which could increase the risk of injury to front seat occupants in the event of a crash.
Safety Risk
No risk description available.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the backrest frames of the front seats, and replace them as necessary.
