NHTSA Campaign 16V382000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V382000 covers 9 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 16V382000 with NHTSA on June 1, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V382000, NHTSA lists up to 194,453 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 16V382000 were scheduled from April 28, 2017, 331 days after the report.
16V382000 covers 2 models from Audi, model years 2004–2011.
Owners of the model years 16V382000 covers have filed at least 398 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V382000 vehicles, the 2008 Audi A4 has the most (116).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V382000 ranks 24 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V382000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V382000 was 16V376000, reported on May 27, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2011 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2008 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Lastly, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Volkswagen is recalling model year 2004 Audi A4 vehicles originally sold, or registered, in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 28, 2017. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834.
Reported June 1, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V382000 (9)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V382000, 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: June 1, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted