Audi A6, A8, A4. Published by Transport Canada as 2002104 on 3 March 2001. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles the tie rods of the steering assembly may be inadequately sealed to prevent moisture and dust particles from entering the swivel bearing mechanism. If moisture and/or dust particles enter the swivel bearing mechanism, the swivel bearing could wear over time diminishing the steering control of the …
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Audi A6 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Audi A6 is named on 25 American notices, 32 British, 29 European, 3 Japanese and 19 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The British register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002104
- Recall date
- 3 March 2001
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- A6, A8, A4
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 2,853
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles the tie rods of the steering assembly may be inadequately sealed to prevent moisture and dust particles from entering the swivel bearing mechanism. If moisture and/or dust particles enter the swivel bearing mechanism, the swivel bearing could wear over time diminishing the steering control of the vehicle. Correction: Dealers will replace the tie rods.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2002104.
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.
- 2002102 · 8 June 2001 · A6 · Visual System
- 2002101 · 31 July 2001 · A8 · Fuel System
- 2001244 · 10 October 2001 · V8, 100, 200 · Electrical
- 2001245 · 10 October 2001 · TT · Suspension
- 2000238 · 23 October 2000 · A4 · Electrical
- 2000132 · 16 June 2000 · A6 · Fuel System
- 2000105 · 17 April 2000 · 100 · Fuel System
- 2000097 · 14 April 2000 · S6, S4 · Fuel System
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2002103 · 3 March 2001 · Passat · Steering
- 2001235 · 10 March 2001 · 9-3 · Steering
- 2001039 · 21 February 2001 · X5 · Steering
- 2001024 · 6 February 2001 · F-650, F-750, Super Duty · Steering
- 2001140 · 19 April 2001 · T60, T70, B7 · Steering
- 2001022 · 29 January 2001 · Grand Cherokee · Steering
Reading this against the source
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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 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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