Recall · 23V084000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 2 models over air bags
1,047
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
February 15, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2022-2023 S8 and A8 vehicles. During air bag assembly, the front-passenger occupant protection flap of the air bag may not have been folded correctly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- In a crash, an incorrectly folded air bag can deploy with too much force, increasing the risk of injury to a child or small person who is seated and unbelted on the front passenger seat and very close to the instrument panel.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the front-passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 14, 2023. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69ET.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AudiA8 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| AudiS8 | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,047 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 59% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2022 to 2023, 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 air bags 43 times before this, most recently in August 2022 as 22V652000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 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 February 15, 2023 as campaign 23V084000. 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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