VW recalls Touareg passenger cars over battery overheating that could cause fire
The cell modules in the high-voltage battery could overheat during charging, which may lead to a fire, and the car does not comply with the motor vehicle approval and market surveillance regulation.
What to do
Measure taken: Recall of the product from end users (economic operator: Manufacturer), in force from Unknown.
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Image: Safety Gate (European Commission)
Recall details
- Product
- Passenger car
- Company
- VW
- Hazard
- The high-voltage battery’s cell modules could overheat during charging. This may lead to fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
- Class or risk level
- Serious risk
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Countries that reacted
- Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia
- Identifiers
- Alert number: SR/04112/25
- Model or type: e1*2007/46*1827* (CR)
- Production dates: 27.07.2020 - 21.09.2024
- Company recall code: 93FK
- Measure in force since
- Unknown
- Published on Safety Gate
- February 2, 2026
- Listed on Recalled Today
- February 2, 2026
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from Safety Gate.
VW Passenger car (Touareg)
- Product
- Product: Passenger car Name: Touareg Brand: VW Description: Passenger car.
- Risk
- Risk type: Fire The high-voltage battery’s cell modules could overheat during charging. This may lead to fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
- Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users (economic operator: Manufacturer), in force from Unknown
- Country of origin
- Slovakia
Source: European Commission, Safety Gate (CC BY 4.0); summary edited by Recalled Today CC BY 4.0 · Safety Gate
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