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Volkswagen Sharan recalls

10 DVSA safety recalls name the Volkswagen Sharan, launched 1997 to 2025. Each covers a range of build dates, not every Sharan. Newest first; open a recall for the defect, the fix and every model it names.

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Recalls10
Latest launch2025
Earliest launch1997
Earliest and latest build dates named1995 to 2016
These recalls cover more than one generation of the Sharan: none of them names a car built between 2004 and 2010. Check the build dates on each recall.
Is a specific Sharan affected? A recall lists models and build dates, not individual vehicles, so these pages cannot tell you whether one car is included. Enter the registration on the DVSA vehicle recall checker on GOV.UK, or give the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the manufacturer or one of its dealers. Buying used? Ask the seller for proof that any recall work was done.

All Volkswagen Sharan recalls

Newest first. Vehicle numbers are DVSA figures for this model, for the whole recall, or the figure DVSA repeats on each model line.
RecallLaunchedBuiltVehicles
Takata front drivers or passenger airbag replacement R/2025/35722 Aug 202514 Jul 2011 to 10 Feb 201544
Takata Front airbag R/2023/17813 Jun 202315 Aug 2010 to 28 Apr 2015131
A condenser may fail in the airbag control unit R/2019/3785 Nov 20196 Jan 2015 to 17 Dec 201517,988 (whole recall)
Starter motor may malfunction and overheat R/2018/0627 Mar 20181 Mar 2011 to 30 Nov 201116,625 (whole recall)
Passenger airbag may not deploy as intended R/2018/03429 Jan 201813 Sep 2016 to 2 Nov 201632 per line
Side airbag gas generator canister may fail R/2016/0656 Apr 201623 Jan 2015 to 28 Jan 201538 per line
Twin-mass flywheel may fail and result in a vehicle fire R/2006/0582 Jun 20061 Nov 2002 to 31 Aug 20031,521
Bolts of the tandem fuel pump cover may break R/2004/2113 Mar 20051 Mar 2004 to 31 Aug 200449,701 (whole recall)
Windscreen wiper motor may fail R/2002/03620 May 20026 Nov 2001 to 26 Nov 2001235
Freezing of door locks R/1996/10630 Jan 19971 Apr 1995 to 31 Jan 1996869

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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