Audi A8. Published by Transport Canada as 2008274 on 5 August 2008. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a 5-speed automatic transmission, a locking cable may move out of position over time. With the locking cable out of position, the shifter can be moved out of the PARK position even if key is not in the ignition. This could allow the vehicle to roll and strike a person , object or …
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Audi A8 in the other registers
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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
- 2008274
- Recall date
- 5 August 2008
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- A8
- Model years
- 1997 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 824
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a 5-speed automatic transmission, a locking cable may move out of position over time. With the locking cable out of position, the shifter can be moved out of the PARK position even if key is not in the ignition. This could allow the vehicle to roll and strike a person , object or vehicle without warning, causing personal injury. Correction: Dealers will modify the locking cable system.
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 2008274.
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.
- 2008116 · 4 April 2008 · A6 · Fuel System
- 2008043 · 7 February 2008 · TT · Other
- 2009249 · 20 August 2009 · Eos, A3, Jetta · Powertrain
- 2007248 · 24 July 2007 · A6, Q7 · Other
- 2009278 · 29 September 2009 · A3, TT · Fuel System
- 2009351 · 15 December 2009 · Q5 · Other
- 2006316 · 17 November 2006 · A8 · Airbag
- 2006275 · 20 October 2006 · 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.
- 2008301 · 19 August 2008 · Star, Homestead, Aruba · Other
- 2008303 · 22 August 2008 · Landmark, Big Horn, Sundance · Other
- 2008306 · 26 August 2008 · Champagne Edition, Premier, Discovery Series · Other
- 2008309 · 28 August 2008 · Dutch Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Dutch Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Essex Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Other
- 2008310 · 28 August 2008 · Re School Bus, Ce School Bus, Be School Bus · Other
- 2008311 · 28 August 2008 · Be School Bus, Re School Bus, Ce School Bus · Other
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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 458 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2008.
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