{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Audi recall 26V266 (69GT): 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v266/",
  "summary": "Recall 26V266 (Audi): Improperly restrained occupants have an increased risk of injury during a crash. Audi's own number: 69GT.",
  "excerpt": "Audi Q5, Audi Q5 Sportback, Audi Sq5, Audi Sq5 Sportback, model year 2025. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 24 April 2026. 7,425 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belts may have been manufactured incorrectly, and fail to properly restrain occupants during a crash. 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 Audi's own number for this recall: 69GT. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V266 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: “Improperly restrained occupants have an increased risk of injury during a crash.” 26V266 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Seat Belts:Pretensioner 24 April 2026 2025-2025 AUDI Q5, AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK, AUDI SQ5, AUDI SQ5 SPORTBACK Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback vehicles. The driver and front passenge",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-20T20:11:43+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-08-20T20:11:43+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Audi recall 26V266 (69GT): 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v266/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}