Does it effect 99.5 or 00 cars? Is this to fix the wet braking problem which people are talking about on the board?

That one really scares me.

...that people are talking about.

Here are the links to the two recalls (You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to rear the PDF files):

Tie Rod Recall:
http://tech.vw.com/audipdf/KWCirUS.pdf

Vacuum By-Pass Kit Recall:
http://tech.vw.com/audipdf/KUCir.pdf