Recall · 25V201000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 14 models over electrical system
44,387
Vehicles covered
14
Models
14
Model years
March 31, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 SQ8, A6 SEDAN, A7, A8, Q7, Q8, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, S6 SEDAN, S7, S8, A6 Allroad, and SQ7 vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail.
- What it can cause
- An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the instrument panel module software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 24, 2025. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 90VC.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AudiA6 | 2021 | 2021 |
| AudiA6 Allroad | 2021 | 2021 |
| AudiA7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiA8 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiQ7 | 2021 | 2021 |
| AudiQ8 | 2021 | 2021 |
| AudiRS 6 Avant | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiRS 7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiRS Q8 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiS6 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiS7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiS8 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiSQ7 | 2021 | Not published here |
| AudiSQ8 | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 44,387 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 88% 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, 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 25 times before this, most recently in February 2025 as 25V125000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 7 of the 14 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 141 complaints with NHTSA, 81 of them before this campaign was filed. 75 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2021, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 23V842000 (electrical system), 23V601000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 22V861000 (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 March 31, 2025 as campaign 25V201000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2025-03-31.
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