# NHTSA recall 17V822000

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: 17V822000
- Manufacturer's number: 69T7
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2017\-12\-20
- Owners notified: 2018\-01\-18
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 8037

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2018 Audi A5 Coupe vehicles.  The affected vehicles were built with head curtain air bag assemblies that may not unfold properly.  As such, these vehicle fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the head curtain air bag, if the air bag does not deploy properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will modify the head curtain air bags so that they deploy properly, free of charge.  The recall began on January 18, 2018.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 11\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69T7.


## 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 2019 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 8037
- Reported remedied: 7748 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 7
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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

- [2018 AUDI A5](/makes/audi/a5/2018/recalls.md). Built 2016\-11\-17 to 2017\-12\-14.

## 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
- [A6923902051242\_7](/bulletins/10238177.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [DC\_Rings\_VOL10](/bulletins/10232062.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [A6922812056406\_3](/bulletins/10208209.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6921692056406\_2](/bulletins/10201505.md), 2021-10-05, Service bulletin
- [A6920522059428\_1](/bulletins/10175975.md), 2020-06-04, 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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