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Audi brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance.

NHTSA campaign 18V-369 · Reported June 1, 2018 · 10,225 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Audi Q5, SQ5, Atlas, Beetle, GTI, Golf, Golf SportWagen and Passat
VEHICLES AFFECTED
10,225
REMEDY
Volkswagen and Audi will notify their owners.
COST
Free

The short version

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported a problem with the disc caliper. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The brake caliper pistons on these vehicles may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing the brake performance.

WHY IT MATTERS

A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Volkswagen and Audi will notify their owners, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-369.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2018Audi Q5
2018Audi SQ5
2018Volkswagen Atlas
2018Volkswagen Beetle
2018Volkswagen GTI
2018Volkswagen Golf
2018Volkswagen Golf SportWagen
2018Volkswagen Passat

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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