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Volkswagen Transporter recalls

21 DVSA safety recalls name the Volkswagen Transporter, launched 1992 to 2026. Each covers a range of build dates, not every Transporter. Newest first; open a recall for the defect, the fix and every model it names.

Recall data updated

Recalls21
Latest launch2026
Earliest launch1992
Earliest and latest build dates named1989 to 2025
These recalls cover more than one generation of the Transporter: none of them names a car built between 1993 and 2002. Check the build dates on each recall.
Is a specific Transporter 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 Transporter 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
Correct speed restriction R/2026/32017 Aug 20269 Sep 2025 to 28 Oct 202531
Rear axle shock absorbers (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T7) R/2025/4753 Nov 202514 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 20258
Takata front drivers or passenger airbag replacement R/2025/35722 Aug 20258 Nov 2007 to 18 Jun 201423
Takata Front airbag R/2023/17813 Jun 202331 May 2007 to 18 Jun 2018124
There is a possibility that tyres could suddenly lose air (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T6.1, TRANSPORTER T6) R/2022/01030 Dec 202112 Mar 2020 to 3 Feb 2021370 per line
With temperatures below zero the door lock bowden cables can freeze (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T6.1) R/2021/34421 Sep 20214 Nov 2019 to 6 Mar 20213,046
With temperatures below zero the door lock bowden cables can freeze (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T6.1) R/2021/34321 Sep 20214 Nov 2019 to 6 Mar 202123,068
Possibility of humidity ingress in the bowden cables of the doors R/2020/1743 Jun 20204 Nov 2019 to 27 Feb 20208,208
The electric child lock may not be mechanically locked although switched on by driver (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T6) R/2020/08919 Mar 202020 May 2019 to 4 Jul 20195
Driver airbag generator housing could come loose R/2019/01924 Jan 20191 Jan 2002 to 31 Dec 2002786 per line
Airbag/belt tensioners may not trigger in event of an accident R/2017/07922 Mar 20171 May 2016 to 31 Oct 20163,879 (whole recall)
Side airbag of front left seat may not deploy correctly in collision & may have some passenger (DVSA lists TRANSPORTER T6) R/2016/11227 May 201610 Dec 2015 to 4 Mar 2016235
2nd row seat backrest may not latch correctly R/2006/20515 Jan 20071 Dec 2003 to 31 May 20064,524
Handbrake may fail R/2005/1637 Dec 20051 May 2003 to 30 Jun 20048,345
Bolts of the tandem fuel pump cover may break R/2004/21024 Feb 20051 Mar 2004 to 31 Aug 20044,102 per line
Steering rack mountings may loosen R/2004/0432 Jun 20041 Nov 2003 to 1 Dec 20035,916
Loosening of steering u/j clamping bolt R/1994/0321 Sep 19941 Aug 1991 to 30 Jul 19934,813 per line
Water ingress to injectors R/1993/0729 Dec 19931 Aug 1989 to 31 May 199280
Inadvertent release of handbrake R/1993/01010 May 19931 Oct 1990 to 31 May 19923,918 per line
Steering shaft clamping bolts may loosen R/1993/01126 Apr 19931 Oct 1990 to 31 Oct 199274 per line
Steering rack and lower wishbone fastenings and chafing of the light switch harness R/1992/03227 Jun 19921 Oct 1990 to 28 Feb 19923,066 (whole recall)

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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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