# NHTSA recall 16V519000

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: 16V519000
- Manufacturer's number: 69O3
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-07\-08
- Owners notified: 2016\-09\-06
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE
- Units potentially affected: 14535

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2017 Audi Q7 vehicles manufactured August 30, 2015, to May 8, 2016.  Due to a software issue within the air bag control module, the frontal air bags may deploy with more force than required in certain crashes.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

Air bags that deploy with excessive force may increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the air bag control module software, free of charge.  The recall began September 2016.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69O3.


## 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: 14535
- Reported remedied: 13850 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 17
- Reported removed: 4

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

- [2017 AUDI Q7](/makes/audi/q7/2017/recalls.md). Built 2015\-08\-30 to 2016\-05\-08.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A6919402051242\_4](/bulletins/10161708.md), 2019-07-09, Service bulletin
- [A6919392051242\_3](/bulletins/10159397.md), 2019-05-06, 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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