{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "EU Safety Gate alert INFO/00138/21: Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-Tron, notified by Germany",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/alert-info-00138-21/",
  "summary": "The EU Safety Gate recall INFO/00138/21, Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-TRON, 09/07/2021.",
  "excerpt": "Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-TRON. Published by the European Safety Gate as INFO/00138/21 on 9 July 2021. Risk: Injuries. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Safety Gate , 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. Germany notified the European Union's Safety Gate rapid alert system about an Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-Tron on 9 July 2021. The Commission records the risk level as other types of alerts , with the hazard recorded as injuries. The vehicle is recorded as originating in Germany. Twenty-seven member states share this system, and an alert raised by one is visible to all of them. Case INFO/00138/21 Report Report-2021-27 Brand Audi Model A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-Tron Risk level Other types of alerts Hazard Injuries Notified by Germany Origin Germany Published 9 July 2021 Manufacturer code 42L1 Read by this site 24 August 2026 The manufacturer filed this campaign under code 42L1 , and that same code appears in the Canadian register as 2021249 . One defect, filed once by the manufacturer, recorded separately by each authority that saw it. The Safety Gate is an alert system, not a recall register: a member state notifies the Commission of a product it considers dangerous, and the alert records that notification. It is not the same administrative act as a national recall, and t",
  "register": {
    "authority": "EU Safety Gate",
    "country": "European Union",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T11:00:55+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T11:00:55+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"EU Safety Gate alert INFO/00138/21: Audi A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, E-Tron, notified by Germany\", https://carsmultiverse.com/the-european-alerts/alert-info-00138-21/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}