# NHTSA recall 15V452000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V452000
- Manufacturer's number: 48M1
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-07\-20
- Owners notified: 2015\-07\-31
- Component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 5625

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2014\-2015 Audi SQ5 vehicles manufactured May 22, 2013, to April 14, 2015.  The affected vehicles have an electric power steering assist system that may shut down in cold temperatures due to a steering motor sensor fault.


## What can happen

If the vehicle experiences a loss of power steering assist, extra steering effort will be required at lower speeds, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the power steering control module software, free of charge.  The recall began on July 31, 2015.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 48M1.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5625
- Reported remedied: 5387 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 11
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 AUDI SQ5](/makes/audi/sq5/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-05\-20 to 2015\-04\-14.
- [2015 AUDI SQ5](/makes/audi/sq5/2015/recalls.md). Built 2013\-05\-22 to 2014\-05\-28.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [Executive Servic](/bulletins/10120928.md), 2017-10-27, Service bulletin
- [Executive Servic](/bulletins/10120918.md), 2017-10-27, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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