NHTSA recall 22V543000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 22V543000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 69DY, 61C1 |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2022-07-27 |
| Owners notified | 2022-12-16 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 1216 |
| Part numbers | 4S0880204 D / 8S0880204 E / 8V0880204 F / 5GM880204 |
| Report | Annual report 1, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2025-10-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 1216 |
| Reported remedied | 769 (63%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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.
What is wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2016 Audi TT Roadster, TT Coupe, S3 Sedan, R8 Coupe, A3 Sedan, A3 Etron, A3 Cabriolet, 2016 Golf Sportwagen, Golf R, Golf GTI, Golf A7, and E Golf vehicles. During air bag deployment, the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly.
What can happen
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking occupants, resulting in serious injury or death. An improper air bag deployment may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing their risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the front-passenger air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 16, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69DY and 61C1.
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.
| 2016 AUDI A3 | |
|---|---|
| 2016 AUDI A3 SPORTBACK E-TRON | |
| 2016 AUDI R8 | |
| 2016 AUDI S3 | |
| 2016 AUDI TT | |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF | |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R | |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN | |
| 2016 VOLKSWAGEN GTI |
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.
Investigated as EA16003
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA16003 | Engineering analysis, opened 2016-08-04. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.