| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006073025 | Incident Date: Jun, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BERKELEY HEIGHTS | Consumer's State: NJ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: A4 | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags:frontal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WAULT68E03A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 22 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Affected vehicle: 2003 audi a4 sedan. air bag failure light remained on, no prior accident or event that caused the failure light to remain on. had problem diagnosed by audi dealership and it was found to be caused by a faulty airbag igniter in the steering wheel. igniter replaced with a new part from audi but was not covered under warranty or recall. transport canada has a recall on this problem for the same vehicle, 2003 audi a4. transport canada recall # is 2002221 and details can be found on: (http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/recalls/recall_e.asp?recno=10276&). transport canada reports that canadian audi dealers will replace the airbag units on all affected vehicles. nhtsa has a similar recall for the 2003 audi a6 and the nhtsa recall id is 02v275000 and details can be found on: (http://www.automallusa.net/2003/audi/a6/recalls.html). nhtsa reports that audi usa dealers will replace the air bags on all affected vehicles. *jb |
