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Audi safety certification label has an incorrect vehicle production date.

NHTSA campaign 17V-280 · Reported April 26, 2017 · 2,091 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Audi A3
VEHICLES AFFECTED
2,091
REMEDY
Audi will notify owners, and dealers will install an overlay label containing the correct vehicle production date, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

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

WHAT

The safety certification label has an incorrect vehicle production date. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

WHY IT MATTERS

In the event of a vehicle safety recall, an incorrect production date may prevent owners from determining if the recall affects them, increasing their risk of injury or a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will install an overlay label containing the correct vehicle production date, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-280.

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

Drive one of these? Check your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.

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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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