# NHTSA recall 17V196000

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: 17V196000
- Manufacturer's number: 69Q3
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2017\-03\-22
- Owners notified: 2017\-04\-20
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 11618

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2017 Audi A3 and S3 Sedan vehicles.  In a lower\-speed crash situation, the air bag control unit software may deploy the passenger frontal air bag improperly if the front seat passenger is sitting on the edge of the seat or is laying in the seat with the seat reclined.  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

If the air bag deploys with more force than intended, it can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will update the air bag control module software, free of charge.  The recall began April 20, 2017.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69Q3.


## 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 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 11618
- Reported remedied: 11257 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 11
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 3, 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 A3 CABRIOLET
- [2017 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2017/recalls.md)

## 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
- [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
- [A6922812056406\_3](/bulletins/10208209.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6921692056406\_2](/bulletins/10201505.md), 2021-10-05, Service bulletin
- [A6921632061030\_3](/bulletins/10190282.md), 2021-05-06, Service bulletin
- [A6921622061030\_2](/bulletins/10187582.md), 2021-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6920612061030\_1](/bulletins/10185273.md), 2021-01-08, Service bulletin
- [A6919432056406\_1](/bulletins/10166733.md), 2019-11-07, 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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