The risk
On opening automatically, the tailgate may accidentally close abruptly after an interval.The affected vehicles are repaired by replacing the power tailgate software.Worldwide, a small number of cases resulting in minor injuries have been reported.
Product: Affected vehicles were manufactured between June 2004 and July 2007. Vehicle ID number ranges: Type 4F (Audi A6)WAU***4F*5N000201 to WAU***4F*5N000391,WAU***4F*6N000101 to WAU***4F*6N195117,WAU***4F*7N000107 to WAU***4F*7N170981,WAU***4F*8N000105 to WAU***4F*8N033030andType 4L (Audi Q7)WAU***4L*6D000001 to WAU***4L*6D000134,WAU***4L*7D000001 to WAU***4L*7D107072,WAU***4L*79000007 to WAU***4L*79000100,WAU***4L*8D000004 to WAU***4L*8D014465,WAU***4L*89000001 to WAU***4L*89000020,WAU***4L*9D000010 to WAU***4L*9D000014,WA1***4L*7D000042 to WA1***4L*7D106989,WA1***4L*8D000005 to WA1***4L*8D014458,WA1***4L*9D000002 to WA1***4L*9D000016,
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other Category of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers and corrective actions by the manufacturer Date of entry into force: Unknown
Other injuries alerts in 2007
144 of the 201 motor vehicle alerts published in 2007 concerned the same risk.
| 1314/07 21 Dec 2007 | Ford |
| 1315/07 21 Dec 2007 | Ford |
| 1316/07 21 Dec 2007 | VOLVO |
| 1320/07 21 Dec 2007 | DUNLOP |
| 1327/07 21 Dec 2007 | Volvo |
| 1295/07 14 Dec 2007 | OPEL |
| 1300/07 14 Dec 2007 | 1. Raleigh, 2. Raleigh, 3.Triumph |
| 1253/07 7 Dec 2007 | Renault. |
Who notified alerts in 2007
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Greece | 72 |
| Germany | 41 |
| Poland | 17 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| United Kingdom | 11 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2007
More Audi alerts
130 EU Safety Gate alerts for Audi since 2006; the most were issued in 2021 (21).
| Q2 Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Q3 Injuries | Aug 2026 |
| Q3 Injuries | Aug 2026 |
| Q5 Injuries | May 2026 |
| A5, a6 e-tron, q4 e-tron Injuries | Apr 2026 |
| A3, A3 Cabrio, A4 Cabrio, A5, Q5 Injuries | Mar 2026 |
| Rs q8 Fire | Dec 2025 |
| A6, a7, q7, q8 Injuries | Dec 2025 |