Audi A4, Audi A5, Audi A5 Cabriolet, Audi A6, Audi A6 Allroad, Audi A7, model years 2021 to 2022. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 5 August 2021. 45,496 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Volkswagen ID4, Audi A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A5 Sportback, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, E-Tron Quattro, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, Q3, Q5, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, S4 Sedan, S5 …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V606 cover?
- Audi A4, Audi A5, Audi A5 Cabriolet, Audi A6, Audi A6 Allroad, Audi A7, Audi A8, Audi E-Tron, model years 2021-2022.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Volkswagen ID4, Audi A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A5 Sportback, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, E-Tron Quattro, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, Q3, Q5, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS6 Avant, RS7,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect, and replace as necessary, the middle-rear seat belt assemblies, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 27, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 and Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V606 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Seat Belts:Rear/Other:Retractor |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 August 2021 |
| Model years | 2021-2022 |
| Vehicles named | AUDI A4, AUDI A5, AUDI A5 CABRIOLET, AUDI A6, AUDI A6 ALLROAD, AUDI A7, AUDI A8, AUDI E-TRON, AUDI Q3, AUDI Q5, AUDI Q7, AUDI Q8, AUDI RS Q8, AUDI RS5 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect, and replace as necessary, the middle-rear seat belt assemblies, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 27, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 and Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are 69CR (VW) and 69CS (Audi).
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Audi A4 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Audi A5 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Audi A5 Cabriolet recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Audi A6 recalls: 31 US campaigns
- Audi A6 Allroad recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Audi A7 recalls: 24 US campaigns
- Audi A8 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Audi E-Tron recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Audi Q3 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Audi Q5 recalls: 25 US campaigns since 2016
- Audi Q7 recalls: 25 US campaigns since 2016
- Audi Q8 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Audi RS Q8 recalls: 12 US campaigns
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 21V606 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8f61a879 - Consequence
772d186b - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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