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Audi are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment.

NHTSA campaign 17V-032 · Reported January 11, 2017 · 33,421 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Audi A4, A6, RS 4, S4 and S6
VEHICLES AFFECTED
33,421
REMEDY
Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. reported a problem with the passenger side inflator module. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

WHY IT MATTERS

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

WHAT TO DO

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-032.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2005–2009Audi A4
2005–2009Audi A6
2007–2008Audi RS 4
2005–2009Audi S4
2007–2009Audi S6

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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