Recall · 21V470000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 3 models over air bags
62,812
Vehicles covered
3
Models
8
Model years
June 23, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2000-2001 Audi TT Coupe, TT Roadster, 2000-2002 A4, and S4 vehicles equipped with Non-Azide Driver Air Bag Inflators (NADI) that do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant. Due to a manufacturing issue, the NADI inflators may absorb moisture, possibly causing the air bag to deploy improperly in the event of a crash.
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, the air bag may not properly protect the occupant, increasing the risk of serious injury or death.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 2, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69CJ.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| AudiA4 | 2000 to 2002 | Not published here |
| AudiS4 | 2000 to 2002 | Not published here |
| AudiTT | 2000 to 2001 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 62,812 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 90% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2000 to 2002, so the oldest vehicles on it were 21 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 39 times before this, most recently in March 2021 as 21V198000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 853 complaints with NHTSA, 838 of them before this campaign was filed. 52 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 1999, 21 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V056000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. with NHTSA on June 23, 2021 as campaign 21V470000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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