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OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL

18V082000

Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module

Reported Jan 30, 2018 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2006-2013 Audi A3, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2008 RS4 Cabriolet, 2009-2012 Q5, and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.

Consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 23, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R6. Note: This recall partially supersedes recall 16V-078.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

This campaign page uses the representative official campaign record. Applicability-specific source variants appear on the linked vehicle pages. Recall counts refer to campaigns, not affected vehicles.

Vehicle entries in this campaign

2013 Audi A32012 Audi Q52012 Audi S5 Cabriolet2012 Audi A32012 Audi A5 Cabriolet2011 Audi S5 Cabriolet2011 Audi A32011 Audi A5 Cabriolet2011 Audi Q52010 Audi A5 Cabriolet2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet2010 Audi Q52010 Audi A32009 Audi S4 Cabriolet2009 Audi A32009 Audi A4 Cabriolet2009 Audi Q52008 Audi Rs 42008 Audi A4 Cabriolet2008 Audi A32007 Audi A32007 Audi A4 Cabriolet2006 Audi A3

This is model-level recall history. It does not confirm whether a particular VIN is affected or has received the repair. Check with NHTSA ↗