NHTSA Campaign 17V822000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 17V822000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc filed the report for 17V822000 with NHTSA on December 20, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V822000, NHTSA lists up to 8,037 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 17, 2016 and December 14, 2017.
Owner notification letters for 17V822000 were scheduled from January 18, 2018, 29 days after the report.
17V822000 covers 1 model from Audi, model years 2018.
Owners of the model years 17V822000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V822000 ranks 133 of 280 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V822000, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc has 57 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V822000 was 17V293000, reported on May 1, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2018 Audi A5 Coupe vehicles. The affected vehicles were built with head curtain air bag assemblies that may not unfold properly. As such, these vehicle fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the head curtain air bag, if the air bag does not deploy properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
- The fix
- Audi will notify owners, and dealers will modify the head curtain air bags so that they deploy properly, free of charge. The recall began on January 18, 2018. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 11-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69T7.
Reported December 20, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V822000 (1)
Audi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V822000, 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 20, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted