# NHTSA recall 16V045000

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: 16V045000
- Manufacturer's number: 69M1 Audi \- 69L9 VW
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-01\-28
- Owners notified: 2016\-07\-15
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 734

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan vehicles manufactured January 15, 2015, to January 21, 2015, and 2015 Audi Q5 vehicles manufactured January 13, 2015, to February 3, 2015.  The affected vehicles are equipped with driver and front seat passenger seat\-mounted air bag inflators that may rupture in the event of a crash.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of a seat\-mounted air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the side air bag modules, free of charge.  The recall began July 7, 2016.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-822\-2834 or Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69M1 \(for Audi\) and 69L9 \(for VW\).


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 734
- Reported remedied: 587 \(79%\)
- Reported unreachable: 5
- Reported removed: 0

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

- [2015 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-13 to 2015\-02\-03.
- [2015 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN](/makes/volkswagen/tiguan/2015/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-15 to 2015\-01\-21.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [V6919012010479\_17](/bulletins/11034621.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [DC\_Audi\_CF\_ Airbag](/bulletins/11030980.md), 2026-04-07, Other
- [DC\_VW\_CF\_Airbag](/bulletins/11030826.md), 2026-04-06, Other
- [A6924112056406\_5](/bulletins/11003002.md), 2024-07-02, Service bulletin
- [A6924112056406\_5](/bulletins/11002933.md), 2024-07-02, Service bulletin
- [A6923912056406\_4](/bulletins/10238396.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [V691901201047915](/bulletins/10231584.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [Circular69DLREV1](/bulletins/10215793.md), 2022-08-04, Service bulletin
- [Circular 69DL](/bulletins/10215791.md), 2022-08-04, Service bulletin
- [Dealer 69DL](/bulletins/10214851.md), 2022-07-01, 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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