Volkswagen EOS (2014) Air Bag Recall: Risk of Serious Injury During Crash
Volkswagen is recalling 2014 EOS vehicles with driver air bag inflator rupture risk during crashes, potentially causing serious injury or death. Owners must have inflators replaced free by dealers.
Use caution until it’s fixed
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
What happened, in plain English
Volkswagen is recalling 2014 EOS vehicles due to a risk that the driver's air bag inflator could rupture during a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death. Affected vehicles need free replacement of the air bag inflators. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/1249786-volkswagen-eos-2014-air-bag-recall-risk-of-serious-injury.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/1249786-volkswagen-eos-2014-air-bag-recall-risk-of-serious-injury · Updated October 9, 2026 · Official notice: NHTSA #16V078000
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“Volkswagen EOS (2014) Air Bag Recall: Risk of Serious Injury During Crash.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/1249786-volkswagen-eos-2014-air-bag-recall-risk-of-serious-injury. Based on NHTSA recall #16V078000 (https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=16V078000).
Why it’s dangerous
During a crash that requires the driver's air bag to deploy, the air bag inflator may rupture. This can cause metal fragments to strike vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Who’s affected
Owners of 2014 Volkswagen EOS vehicles are affected. Drivers of these vehicles face the highest risk during crashes.
How to tell if you have this one
Check if your vehicle is a 2014 Volkswagen EOS. The recall covers specific model years and vehicle types listed in the official notice.
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What to do — step by step
Contact Volkswagen Customer Service
Call 1-800-893-5298 to confirm your vehicle is affected and schedule inflator replacement.
Schedule Inflator Replacement
Dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators free of charge once parts are available.
What NHTSA says to do
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
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Where this comes from
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official NHTSA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: NHTSA Recall #16V078000 (October 2, 2016)
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on October 9, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the NHTSA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
- GovInfoNow is an independent service and is not a government agency. We republish official NHTSA recall data; we don’t issue, amend or administer recalls.