Recall · 26V240000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 5 models over service brakes, hydraulic
18,853
Vehicles covered
5
Models
10
Model years
April 15, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2023 Audi E-Tron Quattro, 2020-2023 Audi E-Tron Sportback, 2024 Q8 E-Tron, Q8 Sportback E-Tron, SQ8 E-Tron, and SQ8 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The fastener that connects the brake pedal and the brake booster may have been improperly assembled during manufacturing, which can cause the brake pedal to detach from the brake booster.
- What it can cause
- Brake pedal detachment can cause a loss of brake function and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and tighten the pushrod screw joint as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 28, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 46P7. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V621. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 17, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AudiE-Tron Quattro | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| AudiE-Tron Sportback | 2020 to 2023 | 2022 |
| AudiQ8 Sportback E-Tron | 2024 | Not published here |
| AudiSQ8 E-Tron | 2024 | Not published here |
| AudiSQ8 Sportback E-Tron | 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 18,853 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 83% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 8 times before this, most recently in August 2024 as 24V621000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 10 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA, 9 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2023, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 25V900000 (back over prevention), 24V428000 (service brakes, air).
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 15, 2026 as campaign 26V240000. 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 2026-04-15.
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