Recall Detail

AUDI / 80 / 1990

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 12925 Vehicale/Equipment Name: AUDI
Recalled Component Id: 000008382000000314000000258 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: 80 Model Year: 1990
NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V172000 Mfr Campaign Number:
Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE Manufacturer That Filed Report: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC
Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1988 End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 31 1993
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 54800
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 13 1997 Recall Initiator: ODI
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Report Received Date: Oct, 06 1997
Record Creation date : Oct, 10 1997 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. some air bag sensors do not comply with audi's durability standards over the lifetime of the vehicle. Consequence Summary: In the event the sensor should malfunction, the air bag restraint system can inadvertently deploy. deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning could cause a driver to lose vehicle control.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the air bag sensor control module. Recall Notes: Owner notification began october 13, 1997.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact audi at 1-800-822-2834.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
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