# NHTSA recall 17V297000

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: 17V297000
- Manufacturer's number: 37K6
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2017\-05\-03
- Owners notified: 2017\-05\-15
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- Units potentially affected: 5

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2017 Audi Q5 vehicles.  Due to a manufacturing defect within the gearbox, despite selecting the Park position, the vehicle may still unexpectedly roll.


## What can happen

Despite selecting 'Park', if the parking brake is not applied, the vehicle may rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the geabox in the affected vehicles, free of charge.  The recall began May 15, 2017.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 37K6.


## 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 1, for 2017 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5
- Reported remedied: 5 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 2, 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 Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-10\-11 to 2016\-10\-11.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A3720012039650\_2](/bulletins/10177882.md), 2020-08-06, 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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