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Audi A3, A4, A4 Cabrio, A5. Published by the DVSA as R/2025/387 on 8 August 2025. Concern: Stop-drive TAKATA PSAN.

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DVSA referenceR/2025/387
Launched8 August 2025
MakeAudi (listed as AUDI)
Manufacturer referenceTKSD
Vehicles listed258

Models

ModelVehiclesBuilt fromBuilt to
A35619 October 200526 December 2012
A4504 March 20057 March 2008
A4 Cabrio288 March 200610 September 2008
A51717 July 200915 July 2011
A67427 July 200410 December 2010
Q53231 October 200816 December 2011
TT111 February 201511 February 2015

Concern

Stop-drive TAKATA PSAN

Defect, as DVSA words it

Urgent Safety Warning – Do Not Drive Your Vehicle Affected vehicles were originally allocated to or used for an extended period of time in a region with a climate zone considered to as HIGH RISK. Certain front airbags contain an ageing inflator propellant that may explode when deployed due to long-term exposure to heat and humidity. If the airbag inflator explodes metal fragments may be ejected causing life-threatening or fatal injuries to anyone in the vehicle.

Remedy, as DVSA words it

Affected airbags will be be replaced. You can contact Audi's dedicated Takata Stop Drive helpline at 0113 526 9646 (MONDAY to FRIDAY 9:00AM to 5:00PM.

What changed since we first read it

Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates.

The same recall in other registers

No match found in the American, Canadian or European registers by manufacturer reference, because the reference DVSA lists is too short to match safely. A recall can exist abroad under a different reference; this site only claims a match when the reference agrees.

Check this recall on the DVSA service

Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls. CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on the DVSA service.

Audi A3 in the other registers

This site holds seven national and European registers. Audi A3 is named on 16 American notices, 29 Canadian, 16 European, 9 Japanese and 10 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.

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.

Audi elsewhere in this register

Audi is named on 158 notices in the copy of the DVSA’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.

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