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Recall · 22V034000

Volkswagen Group of America recalled 23 models over tires

31,058

Vehicles covered

23

Models

42

Model years

January 26, 2022

Filed with NHTSA

TIRES

The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Audi A5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS5 Sportback, S5 Sportback, 2020-2021 A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, Q5, S4 Sedan, S5 Coupe, S5 Cabriolet, S6 Sedan, S7, S8, SQ5, 2021 Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, SQ5 Sportback, SQ7, and SQ8 vehicles. The rear axle alignment may not have been inspected after the repairs for Recall 21V-295 (42L1) were performed.
What it can cause
Rear axle misalignment may cause premature or uneven tire wear, increasing the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Dealers will inspect the rear axle, adjust the alignment as necessary, and replace any prematurely or unevenly worn tires, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 3, 2022. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 42L5.
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.

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
Audi A42020 to 202120202021
Audi A4 Allroad2020 to 20212020
Audi A52019 to 2021201920202021
Audi A5 Cabriolet2020 to 2021Not published here
Audi A62020 to 202120202021
Audi A6 Allroad2020 to 202120202021
Audi A72020 to 2021Not published here
Audi A82020 to 2021Not published here
Audi Q52020 to 202120202021
Audi Q720212021
Audi Q820212021
Audi RS Q82021Not published here
Audi RS52019 to 2021Not published here
Audi RS62021Not published here
Audi RS72021Not published here
Audi S42020 to 20212020
Audi S52019 to 20212020
Audi S62020 to 2021Not published here
Audi S72020 to 2021Not published here
Audi S82020 to 2021Not published here
Audi SQ52020 to 202120202021
Audi SQ72021Not published here
Audi SQ82021Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 31,058 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% of the 15,603 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.

Audi vehicles have been recalled over the tires once before this, most recently in April 2003 as 03V143000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

This site holds the complaint record for 22 of the 42 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 603 complaints with NHTSA, 54 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the tires, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2019, 2 years before this filing.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 26 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 25V201000 (electrical system), 25V080000 (electrical system), 23V842000 (electrical system).

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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.

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Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. with NHTSA on January 26, 2022 as campaign 22V034000. 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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