| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 14492 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: AUDI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007888000203897000000327 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: A4 | Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V088000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | Manufacturer That Filed Report: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1995 | End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1996 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 3700 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 31 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Report Received Date: May, 23 1996 |
| Record Creation date : May, 23 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : The horn can work only intermittently due to insufficient electrical ground contact. | Consequence Summary: This condition could prevent a driver from sounding a warning by using the horn increasing the potential for a vehicle accident. |
| Corrective Summary : Corrective action: dealers will install a ground contact spring which will enhance the electrical ground connection. | Recall Notes: System: communications; horn assembly. vehicle description: passenger vehicles.note: owner notification is expected to being during late may 1996. note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and od not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time, should contact volkswagen 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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