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NHTSA Campaign 18V427000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · Reported Jun 22, 2018 · 237,947 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 RS4 Sedan, 2004 RS4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, and 2007-2011 S6 Sedan vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

Consequence

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

Audi has notified owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag with an alternate remedy part, free of charge. The recall began June 29, 2018. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R7. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 16V382, 17V032 and 18V004 and includes vehicles that may have had their air bag previously replaced under one of those campaigns.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
AUDI A4 2005 237,947
AUDI A4 2006 237,947
AUDI A4 2007 237,947
AUDI A4 2008 237,947
AUDI A4 CABRIOLET 2007 237,947
AUDI A4 CABRIOLET 2008 237,947
AUDI A4 CABRIOLET 2009 237,947
AUDI A6 2005 237,947
AUDI A6 2006 237,947
AUDI A6 2007 237,947
AUDI A6 2008 237,947
AUDI A6 2009 237,947
AUDI A6 2010 237,947
AUDI A6 2011 237,947
AUDI RS 4 2007 237,947
AUDI RS 4 2008 237,947
AUDI RS4 2004 237,947
AUDI S4 2005 237,947
AUDI S4 2006 237,947
AUDI S4 2007 237,947
AUDI S4 2008 237,947
AUDI S4 2009 237,947
AUDI S6 2007 237,947
AUDI S6 2008 237,947
AUDI S6 2009 237,947
AUDI S6 2010 237,947
AUDI S6 2011 237,947

Source: NHTSA Campaign 18V427000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.