Recall · 21V595000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled the AUDI E-Tron over structure
58
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
August 2, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Audi E-Tron Quattro and E-Tron Sportback Quattro vehicles. The right hinge pin for the glove box cover may not be properly secured, allowing the glove box lid trim to interfere with the knee air bag during deployment.
- What it can cause
- An air bag that does not deploy properly can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the glove box, and secure the hinge pin as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 27, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 68H6.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AudiE-Tron | 2021 | 2021 |
How this campaign compares
At 58 vehicles this is a small campaign: 76% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the structure 6 times before this, most recently in October 2020 as 20V658000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 36 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 23V867000 (electrical system), 23V842000 (electrical system), 22V806000 (equipment).
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 August 2, 2021 as campaign 21V595000. 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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