Audi A4. Published by Transport Canada as 2006275 on 20 October 2006. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the ignition switch return spring anchor point may crack. If this happens, the return spring force may be insufficient for returning the ignition key to the running position after starting the engine. This condition causes electrical accessories such as windshield wipers and headlights to become …
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Audi A4 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Audi A4 is named on 13 American notices, 26 British, 30 European, 4 Japanese and 13 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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
- 2006275
- Recall date
- 20 October 2006
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- A4
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,767
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the ignition switch return spring anchor point may crack. If this happens, the return spring force may be insufficient for returning the ignition key to the running position after starting the engine. This condition causes electrical accessories such as windshield wipers and headlights to become inoperative. Correction: Dealers will install an updated ignition switch.
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 2006275.
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.
- 2006316 · 17 November 2006 · A8 · Airbag
- 2006203 · 28 August 2006 · A8 · Airbag
- 2006188 · 31 July 2006 · A3 · Airbag
- 2006152 · 15 June 2006 · A6, S6 · Electrical
- 2006015 · 19 January 2006 · A6, Passat, A4 · Fuel System
- 2007248 · 24 July 2007 · A6, Q7 · Other
- 2005358 · 14 November 2005 · A8 · Airbag
- 2005062 · 14 March 2005 · S4, A4 · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2006293 · 3 November 2006 · Tucson · Airbag
- 2006316 · 17 November 2006 · A8 · Airbag
- 2006230 · 18 September 2006 · Quest · Airbag
- 2006216 · 8 September 2006 · Ram · Airbag
- 2006203 · 28 August 2006 · A8 · Airbag
- 2006356 · 18 December 2006 · Vue · Airbag
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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 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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