NHTSA Campaign 15V823000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 15V823000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 15V823000 with NHTSA on December 8, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V823000, NHTSA lists up to 21,074 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 25, 2011 and March 19, 2013.
The 15V823000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V823000 were scheduled from February 5, 2016, 59 days after the report.
15V823000 covers 2 models from Audi, model years 2012–2013.
Owners of the model years 15V823000 covers have filed at least 42 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V823000 vehicles, the 2013 Audi A6 has the most (18).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V823000 ranks 101 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 15V823000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V823000 was 15V627000, reported on October 7, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Audi A6 vehicles manufactured March 28, 2011, to March 25, 2013, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles manufactured January 25, 2011, to March 19, 2013. In vehicles with heated and cooled seats, the Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS), used to enable the front passenger air bags, may malfunction and prevent the passenger-side air bags from deploying in a crash.
- The risk
- An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of occupant injury in a crash.
- The fix
- Volkswagen will notify owners, and Audi dealers will install a PODS system repair kit, free of charge. The recall began on February 5, 2016. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 74D1.
Reported December 8, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V823000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V823000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted