Audi A8, Touareg, Phaeton. Published by Transport Canada as 2004187 on 7 June 2004. System: Other.
What the notice says Certain Volkswagen Phaeton, Touareg, and Audi A8L vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 114. The steering wheel does not lock when the key is removed from the ignition switch using the optionally provided override device that permits key removal in the event of electrical system failure or when the …
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Audi A8 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004187
- Recall date
- 7 June 2004
- Make
- Audi, Volkswagen
- Models
- A8, Touareg, Phaeton
- Model years
- 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,872
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain Volkswagen Phaeton, Touareg, and Audi A8L vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 114. The steering wheel does not lock when the key is removed from the ignition switch using the optionally provided override device that permits key removal in the event of electrical system failure or when the transmission is not in the PARK position. Correction: Since this does not pose any safety risk, no corrective action is required.
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 2004187.
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.
- 2004095 · 16 March 2004 · A6, S6 · Electrical
- 2004369 · 8 October 2004 · A6 · Engine
- 2003343 · 19 December 2003 · TT · Powertrain
- 2005062 · 14 March 2005 · S4, A4 · Lights And Instruments
- 2003092 · 4 April 2003 · A6 · Wheels
- 2003073 · 20 March 2003 · S6, S4 · Fuel System
- 2005358 · 14 November 2005 · A8 · Airbag
- 2002221 · 21 November 2002 · A4 · Airbag
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004203 · 17 June 2004 · Eagle, Metropolitan · Other
- 2004216 · 7 July 2004 · Savana, Express · Other
- 2004217 · 7 July 2004 · Maxima · Other
- 2004223 · 7 July 2004 · Fifth Wheel Trailer · Other
- 2004224 · 7 July 2004 · Motorhome · Other
- 2004121 · 2 April 2004 · Quest · Other
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Volkswagen Touareg, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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