Recall · 22V224000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 2 models over child seat
466
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
April 6, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
CHILD SEAT:VEHICLE LATCH ANCHOR
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2022 A3 Sedan and S3 Sedan vehicles. The child seat anchorage fitting sleeves are incorrectly marked with a different symbol than the one described in the owner's manual. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage Systems."
- What it can cause
- An incorrectly marked child restraint anchorage may cause confusion during child seat installation, resulting in a child seat being improperly secured and increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace all four fitting sleeves, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May24, 2022. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 72M7.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AudiA3 | 2022 | 2022 |
| AudiS3 | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 466 vehicles this is a small campaign: 50% 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, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2022, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 22V823000 (back over prevention), 22V806000 (equipment), 22V652000 (air bags), 22V515000 (seat belts).
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 April 6, 2022 as campaign 22V224000. 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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