# NHTSA recall 19V473000

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: 19V473000
- Manufacturer's number: 90N1
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-06\-19
- Owners notified: 2019\-08\-16
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- Units potentially affected: 28

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2019 Audi Q5 and SQ5 vehicles.  In the event of a crash deploying the passenger's frontal air bag, the instrument panel carrier may break due to incorrect welding.  If the carrier breaks, there may be damage to the passenger frontal air bag.


## What can happen

A damaged frontal air bag may not provide adequate protection, increasing the risk of an injury.


## The remedy

Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the instrument panel and the passenger frontal air bag, free of charge.  The recall began August 16, 2019.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90N1.


## 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 2020 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-01\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 28
- Reported remedied: 28 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 4, 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

- [2019 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-11\-21 to 2018\-11\-27.
- [2019 AUDI SQ5](/makes/audi/sq5/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-11\-21 to 2018\-11\-21.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A9424802055123\_5](/bulletins/10254069.md), 2024-05-07, Service bulletin
- [A9023562032113\_8](/bulletins/10246152.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin
- [A9023322059335\_4](/bulletins/10240154.md), 2023-08-04, Service bulletin
- [A9123032070046\_2](/bulletins/10238187.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [A4323742059665\_5](/bulletins/10236617.md), 2023-06-06, Service bulletin
- [A4323722067531\_2](/bulletins/10236613.md), 2023-06-06, Service bulletin
- [A3923542048671\_6](/bulletins/10236591.md), 2023-06-06, Service bulletin
- [A9722872068037\_1](/bulletins/10220396.md), 2022-10-05, Service bulletin
- [A9022582059335\_3](/bulletins/10210527.md), 2022-05-05, Service bulletin
- [A4822182065871\_1](/bulletins/10207820.md), 2022-03-04, 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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