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NHTSA recall 97V172000

Air bags › Frontal › Sensor/control module-inactive

Audi 100 and 6 more

Reported Oct 6, 199754,800 vehicles affectedVOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INCBuilt Sep 1, 1988 – Jul 31, 1993

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. some air bag sensors do not comply with audi's durability standards over the lifetime of the vehicle.

The risk

In the event the sensor should malfunction, the air bag restraint system can inadvertently deploy. deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning could cause a driver to lose vehicle control.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the air bag sensor control module.

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Vehicles in this recall

Audi 100
19891990199119921993
Audi 200
19891990199119921993
Audi 80
19891990199119921993
Audi 90
19891990199119921993
Audi Coupe
19891990199119921993
Audi S4
19891990199119921993
Audi V8
19891990199119921993

Notes

Owner notification began october 13, 1997.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact audi at 1-800-822-2834.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.