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Passenger cars (Audi Audi A4 1.4T and others) - Repair
Official notice
21 Nov 2018
Last checked
27 Oct 2026
An official CAA Japan notice concerns Passenger cars (Audi Audi A4 1.4T and others) - Repair. Front camera and occupant equipment defects. ■Defective parts (component names): ① Other (front camera) ② Occupant equipment (child lock indicator). ■Condition of the structure, equipment or performance deemed defective and its cause: ① Due to an inappropriate camera heater temperature setting in the software of the front camera unit that controls the driver assistance system, camera operation may become unstable when the heater temperature is near the set upper limit. The driver assistance system may therefore stop functioning. ② Due to improper installation by workers, some child lock indicator stickers show the locking direction in reverse. Consequently, the locking mechanism does not engage even when operated in the indicated locking direction. Published 2018-11-21.
What to do now
(Improvement campaign)559 ■Improvement measures: ① On all vehicles, reprogram the front camera unit with corrected software. ② On all vehicles, check the child lock indicators and replace incorrect stickers with correct ones.
Recall number
559
Official notice
2018-11-21
The hazard
The hazard
Front camera and occupant equipment defects. ■Defective parts (component names): ① Other (front camera) ② Occupant equipment (child lock indicator). ■Condition of the structure, equipment or performance deemed defective and its cause: ① Due to an inappropriate camera heater temperature setting in the software of the front camera unit that controls the driver assistance system, camera operation may become unstable when the heater temperature is near the set upper limit. The driver assistance system may therefore stop functioning. ② Due to improper installation by workers, some child lock indicator stickers show the locking direction in reverse. Consequently, the locking mechanism does not engage even when operated in the indicated locking direction.
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Brand: Audi. Contact: アウディ コミュニケーションセンター. Phone 0120-598106.
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