Audi A3, Audi A4, Audi A5, Audi A8, Audi E-Tron, Audi Q3, model years 2021 to 2022. Filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 October 2021. 2,857 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8 and S8, 2022 Audi A5 Sportback, A4 Sedan, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q5, RS6 Avant, A3 Sedan, S5 Sportback, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RSQ8, SQ7, SQ8, and S3 Sedan vehicles. A software error may prevent the rear-view image from initially displaying when the …
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Audi's own number for this recall: 91CR. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 21V825 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V825 cover?
- Audi A3, Audi A4, Audi A5, Audi A8, Audi E-Tron, Audi Q3, Audi Q5 Sportback, Audi Q7, model years 2021-2022.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8 and S8, 2022 Audi A5 Sportback, A4 Sedan, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q5, RS6 Avant, A3 Sedan, S5 Sportback, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RSQ8, SQ7, SQ8, and S3 Sedan vehicles.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A rear-view camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 9, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91CR.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Audi calls this recall 91CR, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “A rear-view camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V825 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Back Over Prevention:Sensing System:Camera |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 October 2021 |
| Model years | 2021-2022 |
| Vehicles named | AUDI A3, AUDI A4, AUDI A5, AUDI A8, AUDI E-TRON, AUDI Q3, AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK, AUDI Q7, AUDI Q8, AUDI RS 6 AVANT, AUDI RS Q8, AUDI S3, AUDI S5, AUDI S8 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A rear-view camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 9, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91CR.
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 246 notices in the record whose component field names back over prevention. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Audi A3 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Audi A4 recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Audi A5 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Audi A8 recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Audi E-Tron recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Audi Q3 recalls: 18 US campaigns
- Audi Q5 Sportback recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Audi Q7 recalls: 25 US campaigns since 2016
- Audi Q8 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Audi RS 6 Avant recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Audi RS Q8 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Audi S3 recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Audi S5 recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Audi S8 recalls: 15 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 21V825, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v825/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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.
Other Audi notices we hold
- 26V266: 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback
- 26V240: 2019-2023 Audi E-Tron Quattro, 2020-2023 Audi E-Tron Sportback, 2024 Q8 E-Tron, Q8 Sportback E-Tron, SQ8 E-Tron, and SQ8 Sportback E-Tron
- 26V209: 2026 Q3
- 26V125: 2019 Audi Q8, Audi A7, and Audi A6
- 25V900: 2019-2026
- 25V899: 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, S5, and S6 Sportback E-Tron
- 25V294: 2022-2024 Q5 Quattro and Q5 Sportback Quattro
- 25V227: 2022-2023 RS E-TRON GT and E-TRON GT
All 59 Audi campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 21V825 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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eca3a6ed - 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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