NHTSA recall 21V606000
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 | 21V606000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 69CR, 69CS |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2021-08-05 |
| Owners notified | 2021-08-27 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR; SEAT BELTS |
| Units potentially affected | 45496 |
| Part numbers | 8W0857706 P V04, 8W0857706 P JXE, 83A857807C V04, 83A857706D V04, 80A857706P V04, 80A857706P JXE, 4N0857807A V04, 4M8857807A V04, 4M0857807 A V04, 4M0857706AD V04, 4K8857807E V04, 4K8857807E KPZ, 11B857706J, 11A857807A, 8Y0857807J 041, 8W7857706 L V04, 8W6857706 L V04, 8W0857807 B V04, 8W0857807 B JXE, 8W0857706 PVM1 |
| Report | Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-07-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 45496 |
| Reported remedied | 44817 (98%) |
| Reported unreachable | 4 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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.
What is wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Volkswagen ID4, Audi A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A5 Sportback, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, E-Tron Quattro, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, Q3, Q5, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, S4 Sedan, S5 Cabriolet, S5 Coupe, S5 Sportback, S6 Sedan, S7, S8, SQ5, SQ5 Sportback, SQ7, SQ8, and 2021-2022 S3 Sedan vehicles. The rear seat belt automatic locking retractors may deactivate early, which can prevent the child restraint system from securing properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
What can happen
An unsecured child restraint system can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect, and replace as necessary, the middle-rear seat belt assemblies, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 27, 2021. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298 and Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are 69CR (VW) and 69CS (Audi).
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.nhtsa.gov.
| 2021 AUDI A4 | |
|---|---|
| 2021 AUDI A5 | |
| 2021 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET | |
| 2021 AUDI A6 | |
| 2021 AUDI A6 ALLROAD | |
| 2021 AUDI A7 | |
| 2021 AUDI A8 | |
| 2021 AUDI E-TRON | |
| 2021 AUDI Q3 | |
| 2021 AUDI Q5 | |
| 2021 AUDI Q7 | |
| 2021 AUDI Q8 | |
| 2021 AUDI RS 5 | |
| 2021 AUDI RS 6 AVANT | |
| 2021 AUDI RS 7 | |
| 2021 AUDI RS Q8 | |
| 2021 AUDI S3 | |
| 2022 AUDI S3 | |
| 2021 AUDI S4 | |
| 2021 AUDI S5 | |
| 2021 AUDI S5 CABRIOLET | |
| 2021 AUDI S6 | |
| 2021 AUDI S7 | |
| 2021 AUDI S8 | |
| 2021 AUDI SQ5 | |
| 2021 AUDI SQ7 | |
| 2021 AUDI SQ8 | |
| 2021 VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| A6924072056421_8 | 2024-03-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information for when there is a seat belt warning, or a pre-sense warning that appears sporadically while driving; DTC B101C07 is stored in the airbag module. |
|---|---|
| AVIN4PIN20231201 | 2024-01-04. Service bulletin. Noise from front door trim panel while driving Low coolant warning in cluster, coolant level is correct Fuel pressure low. DTC P008700 Front window inoperative Air suspension warning - DTC P089200 charge handle doesn't release vehicle will not charge noise from belt tensioner damper Wheel speed sensor DTC C101AF1;C101BF1;C101CF1;C101DF1 |
| A6923942056421_7 | 2023-08-04. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information for when the seat belt or presense warning appears sporadically while driving. |
| A6923922063398_3 | 2023-07-10. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information for when the seatbelt is hard to latch in the belt buckle. |
| A7223482048311_7 | 2023-07-10. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides a software update for instances where the seat belt positioner is intermittently inoperative. |
| A6923872058455_6 | 2023-04-06. Service bulletin. This bulletin provides information for when the front seat belts have become twisted. |
| V691901201047915 | 2023-03-06. Service bulletin. VW contact when reporting a Airbag or Pyrotechnic safety belt deployment. Update to model year applicability. |
| AVIN4PIN20220801 | 2022-09-01. Service bulletin. 2022 Q3 One of the rear PDC sensor connectors is not fully seated. 2022 A6 One of the front or rear PDC sensor connectors is not fully seated. 2021-2022 A6,A7,A8,Q8, e-tron Quattro/Sportback Front Seatbelts are twisted on new model vehicles 2021-2022 A5 Noise from front door loudspeaker grille with music playback or while driving 2021-2022 e-tron quattro, e-tron Sportback quattro Noise from front door trim panel while driving 2022 Q5 ACC warning shortly after PDI |
| A7222442048311_6 | 2022-07-01. Service bulletin. This bulletin contains a software update to correct an intermittently inoperative seat belt positioner. |
| A6922832056007_3 | 2022-03-04. Service bulletin. This bulletin contains instructions for when the seat belts twitch several times even when the seat is not occupied. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.