Recall · 22V742000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 24 models over back over prevention
170,296
Vehicles covered
24
Models
25
Model years
October 5, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8, RS7, RS6 Avant, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, Q8, Q7, Q5 Sportback, S4 Sedan, Q5, A7, A6, A6 Allroad, A5 Sportback, A5 Coupe, A5 Cabrioleet, A4 Sedan, A4 Allroad, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, SQ7, S5 Cabriolet, E-Tron Quattro, SQ8, SQ5 Sportback, SQ5, S8, S7, S6 Sedan, S5 Sportback, S5 Coupe, 2022 E-Tron GT, and 2021-2022 RSQ8 vehicles. Due to a software issue, a blank or black screen may be displayed instead of the rearview camera image when the vehicle is placed in reverse gear. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."
- What it can cause
- A blank rearview camera display can reduce the driver's rear visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the infotainment unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 25, 2022. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 91DZ.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Audi A4 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi A5 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi A5 Cabriolet | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi A6 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi A7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi A8 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi E-Tron | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi E-Tron GT | 2022 | 2022 |
| Audi Q5 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi Q7 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi Q8 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi RS Q8 | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
| Audi RS5 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi RS6 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi RS7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S4 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S5 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S5 Cabriolet | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S6 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi S8 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi SQ5 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Audi SQ7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Audi SQ8 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 170,296 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 94% of the 16,296 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2021 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the back over prevention 2 times before this, most recently in February 2022 as 22V064000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 12 of the 25 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 292 complaints with NHTSA, 68 of them before this campaign was filed. 15 of those name the back over prevention, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in January 2021, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 34 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 25V227000 (air bags), 25V201000 (electrical system), 25V080000 (electrical system).
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 October 5, 2022 as campaign 22V742000. 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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