# NHTSA recall 16V642000

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: 16V642000
- Manufacturer's number: 97CB
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-09\-06
- Owners notified: 2016\-11\-01
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- Units potentially affected: 79895

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain model year 2016 TT roadster, A3 cabriolet, A3 sedan and A3 e\-tron, 2016\-2017 TT coupe, 2017 A4 sedan and Q7 and 2015\-2017 Q3 vehicles. The affected vehicles may have been programmed with new software that inadvertently makes the side marker lights inoperative in conjunction with the parking lights or the headlights.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."


## What can happen

If the side marker lights do not illuminate, the vehicle may be less visible at night, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will upload revised software to correct the issue, free of charge.  This recall began November 2016.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 97CB.


## 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: 79895
- Reported remedied: 75964 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 63
- Reported removed: 4

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

- 2016 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET. Built 2015\-05\-15 to 2016\-06\-23.
- [2017 AUDI A4 ALLROAD](/makes/audi/a4-allroad/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-03\-10 to 2016\-05\-18.
- [2015 AUDI Q3](/makes/audi/q3/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-04\-14 to 2016\-06\-29.
- [2016 AUDI Q3](/makes/audi/q3/2016/recalls.md). Built 2014\-04\-14 to 2016\-06\-29.
- [2017 AUDI Q3](/makes/audi/q3/2017/recalls.md). Built 2014\-04\-14 to 2016\-06\-29.
- [2017 AUDI Q7](/makes/audi/q7/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-05\-28 to 2016\-06\-18.
- 2016 AUDI TT ROADSTER. Built 2015\-05\-11 to 2016\-06\-23.
- 2017 AUDI TT ROADSTER. Built 2015\-05\-07 to 2016\-06\-23.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A0023822047812\_7](/bulletins/10248111.md), 2024-01-04, Service bulletin
- [A9023582072005\_2](/bulletins/10247138.md), 2024-01-04, Service bulletin
- [Edition89](/bulletins/10231127.md), 2023-02-06, Service bulletin
- [001465201173210](/bulletins/10228297.md), 2023-01-03, Service bulletin
- [A4622332051095\_7](/bulletins/10214737.md), 2022-07-01, Service bulletin
- [DC\_91CD\_Train](/bulletins/10207837.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [Dealer 91CD](/bulletins/10207089.md), 2022-02-04, Service bulletin
- [A002155201173212](/bulletins/10204722.md), 2022-01-05, Service bulletin
- [A9621712051239\_2](/bulletins/10199221.md), 2021-08-04, Service bulletin
- [A9121072060681\_3](/bulletins/10198185.md), 2021-07-02, 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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