Audi A4, Rs 5, A5, S5, S4. Published by Transport Canada as 2019361 on 24 July 2019. System: Airbag.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may malfunction. This could cause the airbag system to turn off the passenger-front airbag even when a passenger is seated. Note: This problem would cause an error message to display on the instrument panel and a warning chime to sound. The …
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Audi A4 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019361
- Recall date
- 24 July 2019
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- A4, RS 5, A5, S5, S4
- Model years
- 2017 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 26,386
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may malfunction. This could cause the airbag system to turn off the passenger-front airbag even when a passenger is seated. Note: This problem would cause an error message to display on the instrument panel and a warning chime to sound. The airbag indicator light would also display "passenger airbag off".Safety Risk:
An airbag that is turned off could increase the risk of injury to a passenger in a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a dealer to install cable ties on the wiring harness under the front passenger seat.
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 2019361.
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.
- 2019307 · 19 June 2019 · Q5 · Airbag
- 2019308 · 19 June 2019 · A3, S3, A3 E-Tron · Airbag
- 2019265 · 5 June 2019 · SQ5, Q5 · Structure
- 2019241 · 23 May 2019 · Q3 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019235 · 17 May 2019 · A7, A6 · Brakes
- 2019520 · 16 October 2019 · Q5, SQ5 · Structure
- 2019173 · 8 April 2019 · Q5, SQ5 · Brakes
- 2019076 · 20 February 2019 · Q8, Q7 · Suspension
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.
- 2019353 · 18 July 2019 · Panamera 4, 718 Cayman, Panamera E-Hybrid · Airbag
- 2019352 · 17 July 2019 · CC, Tiguan · Airbag
- 2019385 · 7 August 2019 · SL Class · Airbag
- 2019323 · 28 June 2019 · El, Accord, Civic · Airbag
- 2019433 · 28 August 2019 · Corolla, Matrix · Airbag
- 2019436 · 28 August 2019 · Vibe · Airbag
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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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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