The defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2017 Audi A7, A4, A6, Volkswagen Golf and Tiguan vehicles and 2016 Volkswagen e-Golf vehicles for driver frontal air bags, passenger frontal air bags or head air bags that may not deploy properly. Additionally, certain 2017 Audi Q7, A4 Sedan, A4 Allroad, and 2018 Audi Q5 vehicles are being recalled because the seat belt pretensioners may not activate properly.
The risk
In the event of a crash, if the air bags and/or the seat belt pretensioners do not inflate or function properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
The remedy
Volkswagen and Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected air bags and seat belt pretensioners, free of charge. The recall began April 2017. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 or Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Audi A4 allroad | 2017 |
| Audi A6 | 2017 |
| Audi A7 | 2017 |
| Audi Q5 | 2018 |
| Audi Q7 | 2017 |
| Volkswagen e-Golf | 2016 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2017 |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 2017 |
Components: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER
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 A4 allroad | 2017 | 31 | 5 |
| Audi A6 | 2017 | 20 | 3 |
| Audi A7 | 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| Audi Q5 | 2018 | 208 | 6 |
| Audi Q7 | 2017 | 320 | 7 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 2017 | 117 | 5 |
| Volkswagen Tiguan | 2017 | 76 | 4 |
| Volkswagen e-Golf | 2016 | 17 | 5 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2016
24 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the seat belts; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. filed 321 campaigns in all.
| 16V942000 29 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V940000 28 Dec 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 16V875000 5 Dec 2016 | Ford Motor Company |
| 16V853000 28 Nov 2016 | Midwest Automotive Designs, LLC |
| 16V829000 16 Nov 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 16V798000 2 Nov 2016 | Volvo Car USA LLC |
| 16V747000 17 Oct 2016 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 16V711000 5 Oct 2016 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016