NHTSA Campaign 17V196000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 17V196000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 17V196000 with NHTSA on March 22, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V196000, NHTSA lists up to 11,618 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 17V196000 were scheduled from April 20, 2017, 29 days after the report.
17V196000 covers 1 model from Audi, model years 2017.
Owners of the model years 17V196000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V196000 ranks 119 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V196000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V196000 was 17V032000, reported on January 11, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017 Audi A3 and S3 Sedan vehicles. In a lower-speed crash situation, the air bag control unit software may deploy the passenger frontal air bag improperly if the front seat passenger is sitting on the edge of the seat or is laying in the seat with the seat reclined. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- If the air bag deploys with more force than intended, it can increase the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Audi will notify owners, and dealers will update the air bag control module software, free of charge. The recall began April 20, 2017. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69Q3.
Reported March 22, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V196000 (1)
Audi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V196000, 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: March 22, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted