{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1997176 (Audi), 1995 to 1997: Seats And Restraints",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997176/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1997176, AUDI A4, 90, S6, A8, A6, 1997-10-10. THE DISCHARGE OF STATIC ELECTRICITY UNDER LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS COULD ACTIVATE THE.",
  "excerpt": "Audi A4, 90, S6, A8, A6. Published by Transport Canada as 1997176 on 10 October 1997. System: Seats And Restraints. What the notice says The discharge of static electricity under low humidity conditions could activate the driver side air bag when the driver enters or exits the vehicle and forms an electrical short circuit by touching certain areas of the steering wheel. activation of the air bag under these conditions could cause injury. correction: … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. This site holds seven national and European registers. Audi A4 is named on 13 American notices, 26 British, 30 European, 4 Japanese and 13 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Audi recall 22V471 - 1998 Audi A8 and 1997-1998 Audi A4 Audi recall 22V368 - 2022 Audi A6 Sedan, A4 Sedan, Q5, and Q5 Sportback Audi recall 21V825 - 2021 Audi A8 and S8, 2022 Audi A5 Sportback, A4 Sedan, E-T... DVSA recall R/1997/049: Audi A6, A4 and A3 (Front seat belt height adjuster) DVSA recall R/1997/075: Audi A8, 80, A4 and 1 more (Unscheduled deployment of drivers air bag) DVSA recall R/1998/106: Audi A4 (Possible insecurity of brake pedal) EU Safety Gate alert A12/00689/20: Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, Q5, notified by Germany EU Safety Ga",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:03:02+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:03:02+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1997176 (Audi), 1995 to 1997: Seats And Restraints\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997176/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}