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2015 Volkswagen Cc Airbags Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA

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Airbags reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 10, 2023
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
27%
of 30 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2015 Volkswagen Cc submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming airbag

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

AirbagsDriver assistance
Filed Feb 10, 2023

My Cruise Control unit will not engage. And I have (6) six warning lamps showing every time I operate the car. With these lamps showing on the info system screen, the cruise control Will not engage! I asked the dealership about it. And was told that the wheel bearing unit has moved away from where it is bolted on. And now it is touching the Air Bag control module. That's why I've got six lamps showing up on the center info screen, every time I operate the car. And on another incident. I was traveling on the interstate and their was some water that had collected in a dip between hills. And when I traveled through it, the force of the water flowing into the engine department, knocked the cruise control OFF. Disengaged it. I'm am available for inspection of said vehicle. Oh yes, this happened once before, but all of a sudden all the warnings lamps turned off. But I'm not so lucky now. It doesn't seem to affect the Air Bags any, But I could be Wrong! The dealer explained what has happened within the components of my problem. But, since I wasn't forth coming to pay them to check or repair it, nothing got done. And it has been going on for about 6 - 8 months.

NHTSA ID
11506690
Incident
Feb 10, 2023
Airbags
Filed Aug 29, 2022

The clock spring on this vehicle is defective. Airbag light is on, all steering wheel buttons/controls no longer work and the horn no longer works. Online research shows this to be a known issue for this model year and beyond. Additionally, there was a recall for this exact problem for the previous model year. Further research found the following NHTSA document https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10149942-9999.pdf as a limited warranty extension that includes this model year. However, dealer service and Volkswagen customer service have no knowledge of this limited warranty update and or that this vehicle VIN is not included. This has now made this vehicle UNSAFE to drive without working air bags.

NHTSA ID
11481759
Incident
Aug 17, 2022
AirbagsDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Oct 25, 2020

AS I WAS MAKING A U-TURN I COULD HEAR A NOICE FROM MY STEELING WHEEL AND IMMEDIATELY THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND READ "ERROR: AIRBAG". I COULDN'T HELP BUT PANIC THINKING OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES THAT CAN HAPPEN. I NOTICED THE BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WEREN'T WORKING AND LATER REALIZING MY HORN DIDNT WORK EITHER. I CALLED THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THEY INSISTED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY WORKED ON AN AIRBAG RECALL (69Y5) MY CAR HAD AND THAT THE DIAGNOSIS FOUND "NUMEROUS CODES." ONE OF THEM WAS CODE VAG00588 -DRIVER AIRBAG IGNITER UPPER LIMIT EXCEEDED TELLING ME THEY NEED TO INSTALL A NEW STEELING WHEEL CLOCK SPRING. DEBRIS LIKE FIBERS AND HAIRS INTERFERED WITH THE WIRES CAUSING THE WIRES TO BREAK INTERNALLY AND RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIRBAG. MEANING IT WILL PREVENT THE AIRBAG FROM DEPLOYING IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $971.77 FOR REPAIRS PLUS THE $160.00 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. I WAS FURIOUS AND REFUSED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON REPAIRS. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF EVERYTHING MY CAR NEEDS. I'VE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON IT ALREADY. BUT THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE, I'M NOT SPENDING ANOTHER GRAND+ ON IT WHEN THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I AM A COMMUTER. I COMMUTE LONG DISTANCES TO AND FROM WORK EVERYDAY, SO HAVING A FAULTY AIRBAG, NON RESPONDING HORN OR STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS IS EXTREMELY SCARY. INTERESTINGLY, VW RECALLED CERTAIN 2010-2014 VEHICLES WITH EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE. RECALL CODE:69L2 VOLKSWAGEN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, RECALL 2015 VW CC AND CORRECT THIS DEFECT FREE OF CHARGE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT DELAY. I RELY ON THIS CAR EVERYDAY SO THIS ISSUE GETS ME MORE AND MORE UPSET EACH AND EVERYDAY.

NHTSA ID
11366329
Incident
Oct 21, 2020
Mileage
98,800 mi
AirbagsElectrical
Filed Apr 28, 2020

I STARTED TO HEAR A WEIRD NOISE WHEN TURNING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HORN AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITHOUT A HORN AND IT'S SCARY TO KNOW THAT YOUR AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THIS HAPPENED AT 50,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID
11322483
Incident
Mar 5, 2020
AirbagsEngine
Filed Jan 5, 2020

MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND TURNED OFF. I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR START IT AND LEAVE HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DING OVER AND OVER WITH THE A MESSAGE "ERROR: DRIVER AIRBAG". IT ALSO WOULD NOT LET THE CAR START. I HAD THE BATTERY TESTED ITS FINE AND THE STARTER ISN'T EVEN 6 MONTHS OLD NOR THE ALTERNATOR. ALL THE ELECTRONICS IN THE CAR TURN ON LIGHTS, RADIO, WINDOWS UP AND DOWN, ETC. IT SAYS TO START PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AS WELL WHICH I OBVIOUSLY DID AND IT STILL SAYS THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE. IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES 1ST ON 12/31/2019 BUT THEN STARTED OUT OF NOWHERE AND WORKED FINE FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN HAPPENED AGAIN 1/04/20, HOWEVER THIS TIME THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

NHTSA ID
11297279
Incident
Jan 4, 2020
Mileage
26,551 mi
AirbagsSteering
Filed Jun 5, 2019

THE CAR HAD AN AIR BAG RECALL FIXED AND A FEW WEEKS LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND THE HORN WON'T WORK. NOW THE DEALERSHIP WANTS THE CUSTOMER TO PAY FOR REPAIRS STATING THAT IT IS THE CLOCK SPRING THAT IS BROKEN. THIS PROBLEM IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE AIR BAG REPAIR.

NHTSA ID
11218147
Incident
May 28, 2019
AirbagsFuel system
Filed Jan 17, 2018

THERE COULD BE AN INTERRUPTION IN ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE FUEL PUMP RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY, RESULTING IN A DRAINED BATTERY AND/OR A NO START CONDITION, OR CAUSE A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH CAUSING INJURY AND/OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. IN ADDITION TO TAKATA RECALL

NHTSA ID
11063207
Incident
Jan 15, 2018
AirbagsEngineFuel system
Filed Nov 16, 2017

LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON CITY STREET AND LOSS OF POWER FROM STATIONARY POSITION AT RED TRAFFIC LIGHT TO A IN MOTION GREEN LIGHT PRESSED ON PEDAL WITH NO MOTION. THIS HAPPENED FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THE CAR WHILE SALESMAN WAS IN THE CAR EXPLAINING THE CARS SPECIFICATIONS . WHEN IT HAPPENED HE SAID ITS PART OF THE NEXT FEATURE OF CAR. HE ASKED ME TO LEAVE THE CAR IN A STATIONARY POSITION ON INCLINE AND REMOVE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND ALLOW THE CAR CATCH GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL THAT IT DROVE UP ON ITS POWER AND NOT MINE. SHOOK MY HEAD AND SAID "I ALREADY BOUGHT THE CAR AND CARS HAVE BEEN DOING THE INCLINE COSTING A LONG TIME, WHAT ARE YOU NOT TELLING ME?" IT SEEMED THAT HE WAS AVOIDING WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE LOST POWER. IT HAPPENED THE SAME DAY THEY WERE GIVING ME THE KEYS AND ITS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE BUT IT SKIPS A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR DAYS 2015-2017

NHTSA ID
11046433
Incident
Apr 1, 2015
Mileage
60 mi

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