# NHTSA recall 15V823000

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: 15V823000
- Manufacturer's number: 74D1
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-12\-08
- Owners notified: 2016\-02\-05
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 21074

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2012\-2013 Audi A6 vehicles manufactured March 28, 2011, to March 25, 2013, and 2012\-2013 Audi A7 vehicles manufactured January 25, 2011, to March 19, 2013.  In vehicles with heated and cooled seats, the Passenger Occupant Detection System \(PODS\),  used to enable the front passenger air bags, may malfunction and prevent the passenger\-side air bags from deploying in a crash.


## What can happen

An air bag that does not deploy as intended increases the risk of occupant injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and Audi dealers will install a PODS system repair kit, free of charge.  The recall began on February 5, 2016.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 74D1.


## 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 2017 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 21074
- Reported remedied: 19370 \(91%\)
- Reported unreachable: 98
- Reported removed: 5

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 2, 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

- [2012 AUDI A6](/makes/audi/a6/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-03\-28 to 2013\-03\-25.
- [2013 AUDI A6](/makes/audi/a6/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-03\-28 to 2013\-03\-25.
- [2012 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-01\-25 to 2013\-03\-19.
- [2013 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-01\-25 to 2013\-03\-19.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [DC\_Audi\_CF\_ Airbag](/bulletins/11030980.md), 2026-04-07, Other
- [4612262031135](/bulletins/10250479.md), 2024-02-20, Service bulletin
- [3713952030582](/bulletins/10250467.md), 2024-02-20, Service bulletin
- [SM532014](/bulletins/10242630.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [37 13 05 2030582](/bulletins/10212701.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin
- [A0019212052680\_1](/bulletins/10161273.md), 2019-07-09, Service bulletin
- [A461486 2022584\-](/bulletins/10128242.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin
- [A691428 2023323\-](/bulletins/10122295.md), 2017-11-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-69\-11\-20](/bulletins/10043389.md), 2012-03-26, 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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