Audi A4, 90, S6, A8, A6. Published by Transport Canada as 1997176 on 10 October 1997. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says The discharge of static electricity under low humidity conditions could activate the driver side air bag when the driver enters or exits the vehicle and forms an electrical short circuit by touching certain areas of the steering wheel. activation of the air bag under these conditions could cause injury.
correction: …
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Audi A4 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997176
- Recall date
- 10 October 1997
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- A4, 90, S6, A8, A6
- Model years
- 1995 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,997
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE DISCHARGE OF STATIC ELECTRICITY UNDER LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS COULD ACTIVATE THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WHEN THE DRIVER ENTERS OR EXITS THE VEHICLE AND FORMS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT BY TOUCHING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE STEERING WHEEL. ACTIVATION OF THE AIR BAG UNDER THESE CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE INJURY.
CORRECTION: A GROUND WIRE WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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Audi elsewhere in this register
Audi is named on 212 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997175 · 10 October 1997 · V8, 100, 200 · Seats And Restraints
- 1998126 · 22 June 1998 · A4, A6, Passat · Engine
- 1996092 · 19 June 1996 · A4 · Steering
- 1996077 · 14 May 1996 · V8 · Engine
- 1996024 · 6 February 1996 · A6, 90, 100 · Electrical
- 1999004 · 11 January 1999 · 100, 90 · Fuel System
- 1999095 · 19 May 1999 · A6, Passat · Brakes
- 1999195 · 29 October 1999 · A8, A4, A6 · Steering
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997161 · 29 September 1997 · Sit-N-Snooze · Seats And Restraints
- 1997162 · 29 September 1997 · Grand Voyager, Grand Caravan, Town & Country · Seats And Restraints
- 1997163 · 29 September 1997 · SC2, SC1 · Seats And Restraints
- 1997156 · 15 September 1997 · Rialta · Seats And Restraints
- 1997152 · 8 September 1997 · S10, Jimmy, Blazer · Seats And Restraints
- 1997143 · 15 August 1997 · 229 Scout, 224 Champion, 225 Scout · Seats And Restraints
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on an Audi: 212 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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