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Audi - Volkswagen

Official notice

2 Oct 2018

Last checked

2 Oct 2018

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Audi - Volkswagen. On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional Note: For the Audi A4, S4, A5 and S5 models, this campaign only affects the Cabriolet versions of these models. Also to Note: This recall supersedes the Audi brand vehicles subject to recall 2016-064 (Audi Recall 69N1) and 2016-065 (69N2). Audi brand vehicles completed under the previous 2016-064 and 2016-065 recalls require repair under this recall, as the previous recall remedy was an interim repair. Interim repair parts must be replaced with final repair parts. Published 2018-10-02.

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Recall number

67765

Official notice

2018-10-02

The hazard

On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional Note: For the Audi A4, S4, A5 and S5 models, this campaign only affects the Cabriolet versions of these models. Also to Note: This recall supersedes the Audi brand vehicles subject to recall 2016-064 (Audi Recall 69N1) and 2016-065 (69N2). Audi brand vehicles completed under the previous 2016-064 and 2016-065 recalls require repair under this recall, as the previous recall remedy was an interim repair. Interim repair parts must be replaced with final repair parts.

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2006, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 2

Year: 2007, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 3

Year: 2007, Make: AUDI, Model: A4

Product 4

Year: 2007, Make: AUDI, Model: S4

Product 5

Year: 2008, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 6

Year: 2008, Make: AUDI, Model: A4

Product 7

Year: 2008, Make: AUDI, Model: S4

Product 8

Year: 2009, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 9

Year: 2009, Make: AUDI, Model: A4

Product 10

Year: 2009, Make: AUDI, Model: Q5

Product 11

Year: 2009, Make: AUDI, Model: S4

Product 12

Year: 2010, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 13

Year: 2010, Make: AUDI, Model: A5

Product 14

Year: 2010, Make: AUDI, Model: Q5

Product 15

Year: 2010, Make: AUDI, Model: S5

Product 16

Year: 2011, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 17

Year: 2011, Make: AUDI, Model: A5

Product 18

Year: 2011, Make: AUDI, Model: Q5

Product 19

Year: 2011, Make: AUDI, Model: S5

Product 20

Year: 2012, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Product 21

Year: 2012, Make: AUDI, Model: A5

Product 22

Year: 2012, Make: AUDI, Model: Q5

Product 23

Year: 2012, Make: AUDI, Model: S5

Product 24

Year: 2013, Make: AUDI, Model: A3

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the driver frontal airbag inflator. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional Note: For the Audi A4, S4, A5 and S5 models, this campaign only affects the Cabriolet versions of these models. Also to Note: This recall supersedes the Audi brand vehicles subject to recall 2016-064 (Audi Recall 69N1) and 2016-065 (69N2). Audi brand vehicles completed under the previous 2016-064 and 2016-065 recalls require repair under this recall, as the previous recall remedy was an interim repair. Interim repair parts must be replaced with final repair parts.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Audi, Volkswagen.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

67765

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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