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Audi affected vehicles have a driver or front passenger seat whose cover may be incorrectly stitched, preventing the side air bag from properly deploying in the event of a crash.

NHTSA campaign 15V-824 · Reported December 8, 2015 · 904 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Audi A3
VEHICLES AFFECTED
904
REMEDY
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's and/or front passenger's seatback cover, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported a problem with the seats. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The affected vehicles have a driver or front passenger seat whose cover may be incorrectly stitched, preventing the side air bag from properly deploying in the event of a crash.

WHY IT MATTERS

Improper side air bag deployment may increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's and/or front passenger's seatback cover, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 15V-824.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2015Audi A3

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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