The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Audi S4, S5, Q7, 2012 Audi A6, Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles. In the affected vehicles the fuel injection system may experience a fuel leak.
The risk
A fuel leak in the injection system in the presence of an ignition source, increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails and corresponding seals, free of charge. The recall began on March 17, 2015. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834 or Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are 24AP for Audi customers and 24BK for Volkswagen customers.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Audi A6 | 2012 |
| Audi A7 | 2012, 2013 |
| Audi Q7 | 2011, 2012 |
| Audi S4 | 2011, 2012 |
| Audi S5 | 2011, 2012 |
| Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid | 2012 |
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi A6 | 2012 | 60 | 8 |
| Audi A7 | 2012 | 30 | 5 |
| Audi A7 | 2013 | 19 | 5 |
| Audi Q7 | 2011 | 23 | 4 |
| Audi Q7 | 2012 | 29 | 4 |
| Audi S4 | 2011 | 26 | 1 |
| Audi S4 | 2012 | 22 | 1 |
| Audi S5 | 2011 | 8 | 1 |
| Audi S5 | 2012 | 10 | 1 |
| Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid | 2012 | 0 | 2 |
Other fuel system, gasoline recalls in 2015
31 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the fuel system, gasoline; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. filed 321 campaigns in all.
| 15V881000 28 Dec 2015 | Ferrari North America, Inc. |
| 15V849000 18 Dec 2015 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 15V812000 2 Dec 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
| 15V811000 1 Dec 2015 | Ferrari North America, Inc. |
| 15V793000 24 Nov 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
| 15V792000 24 Nov 2015 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 15V717000 30 Oct 2015 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
| 15V712000 27 Oct 2015 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015