{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016246 (Audi), 2008 to 2010: Airbag",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016246/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016246, AUDI A5, A4, Q5, 2016-05-24. On certain vehicles, a power supply component within the airbag control unit may corrode and.",
  "excerpt": "Audi A5, A4, Q5. Published by Transport Canada as 2016246 on 24 May 2016. System: Airbag. What the notice says On certain vehicles, a power supply component within the airbag control unit may corrode and cause the unit to fail. If the airbag control unit were to fail, the airbag light would illuminate in the vehicle’s instrument panel, and safety systems such as seat belt pretensioners and airbags could be affected and may not … 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. Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016246 , dated 24 May 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V376 , dated 27 May 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 69O1 . Number 2016246 16V376 Dated 24 May 2016 27 May 2016 Register Transport Canada NHTSA Make Audi The two registers are 3 days apart : the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second. These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:06:13+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:37:50+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016246 (Audi), 2008 to 2010: Airbag\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016246/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}