{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2021169 (Audi), 2016 to 2020: Airbag",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2021169/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2021169, AUDI A3, A3 E-TRON, S3, RS 3, 2021-03-22. Issue: On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may not.",
  "excerpt": "Audi A3, A3 E-Tron, S3, Rs 3. Published by Transport Canada as 2021169 on 22 March 2021. System: Airbag. What the notice says Issue: On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may not work properly. This could cause the airbag system to turn off the passenger-front airbag even when a person is seated in the front passenger seat. Note: This problem would cause an error message to display on the instrument panel … 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 A3 is named on 16 American notices, 24 British, 16 European, 9 Japanese and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Volkswagen recall 22V901 - 2023 Audi S3, RS3, and A3 Volkswagen recall 22V823 - 2022 Golf R A8, Audi S3, RS3 Sedan, Q4 E-Tron SUV, A3 Seda... Volkswagen recall 22V652 - 2022 Audi S3, A3, and RS3 DVSA recall R/1997/049: Audi A6, A4 and A3 (Front seat belt height adjuster) DVSA recall R/1998/047: Audi A3 (Rear left and right seat belt retractor mounting brackets may be pr...) DVSA recall R/1998/116: Audi A3 (Possible jamming of accelerator mechanism) EU Safety Gate alert 0507/06: Audi Audi A3, notified by Germany EU Safety Gate alert A12/0714/17: Audi A3,",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:54:48+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:54:48+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2021169 (Audi), 2016 to 2020: Airbag\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2021169/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}