# NHTSA recall 16V641000

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: 16V641000
- Manufacturer's number: 72F8
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-09\-06
- Owners notified: 2016\-11\-01
- Component: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 19205

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2017 Audi Q7 vehicles manufactured August 30, 2015, to July 10, 2016.  In the affected vehicles, the third row seat back may move forward under load, such as in a frontal collision.  As such, the vehicles do not conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 207, "Seating Systems."


## What can happen

If the third row seat does not remain in its adjusted position, there may be an increased risk of injury to an occupant in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional support bracket to the seat, free of charge.  The recall is expected to begin in November 2016.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 72F8.


## 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 2018 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 19205
- Reported remedied: 18329 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 1, 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\-07\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TSB\_2071893\_2](/bulletins/11017621.md), 2025-05-03, Service bulletin
- [A7221372064695\_1](/bulletins/10202211.md), 2021-11-05, Service bulletin
- [A7221312060085\_4](/bulletins/10185680.md), 2021-02-04, Service bulletin
- [A7220302060085\_3](/bulletins/10185274.md), 2021-01-08, Service bulletin
- [A7220292060719\_1](/bulletins/10181374.md), 2020-11-05, Service bulletin
- [69M7 SERVICE](/bulletins/10095319.md), 2017-03-16, Service bulletin
- [A91164120436602](/bulletins/10094106.md), 2017-03-07, 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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