Recall · 26V698000
Volkswagen Group of America recalled 2 models over electrical system
9,048
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
October 21, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The high voltage battery may fail and cause a fire.
- What it can cause
- A vehicle fire increases the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Owners are advised to only charge their vehicles to a maximum of 80% capacity until the repair has been completed. The remedy is currently under development. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed December 18, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 93SK. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Audi Q4 E-Tron | 2024 to 2025 | 2024 |
| Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 9,048 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 79% of the 19,921 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 472. It covers model years 2024 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Audi vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 26 times before this, most recently in March 2025 as 25V201000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 27 complaints with NHTSA, 27 of them before this campaign was filed. 17 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 December 2023, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 25V125000 (electrical system), 24V361000 (exterior lighting), 23V842000 (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 21, 2026 as campaign 26V698000. 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 2026-10-21.
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