Recall · 22V515000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 2 models over seat belts
2,584
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
July 20, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2022 Audi S3 and A3 sedans. The retention force of the seat belt tensioner on the driver and front passenger seats may be inadequate to properly restrain the occupants during a crash.
- What it can cause
- Improperly restrained occupants have an increased risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belt assemblies, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 15, 2022. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 68i2.
- 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 2,584 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 68% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. 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.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 5 times before this, most recently in February 2022 as 22V084000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA. 1 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 22V823000 (back over prevention), 22V806000 (equipment), 22V652000 (air bags), 22V224000 (child seat).
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 July 20, 2022 as campaign 22V515000. 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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