{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volkswagen recall 15V823 (74D1): Model Year 2012-2013 Audi A6",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v823/",
  "summary": "Recall 15V823 (Volkswagen): An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of occupant injury in a crash. Volkswagen's own number: 74D1.",
  "excerpt": "Audi A6, Audi A7, model years 2012 to 2013. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 8 December 2015. 21,074 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Audi A6 vehicles manufactured March 28, 2011, to March 25, 2013, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles manufactured January 25, 2011, to March 19, 2013. In vehicles with heated and cooled seats, the Passenger Occupant Detection System … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , 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. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Volkswagen's own number for this recall: 74D1. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V823 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of occupant injury in a crash.” 15V823 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Air Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification 8 December 2015 2012-2013 AUDI A6, AUDI A7 An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of occupant injury in a crash. Volkswagen will notif",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T17:49:59+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T10:03:27+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volkswagen recall 15V823 (74D1): Model Year 2012-2013 Audi A6\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v823/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}