# NHTSA recall 22V673000

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: 22V673000
- Manufacturer's number: 20DS
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2022\-09\-08
- Owners notified: 2022\-11\-01
- Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
- Units potentially affected: 13004
- Part numbers: 5QF 201 021 MD

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2021\-2022 Audi Q3 vehicles.  The vent pipe within the fuel tank may have been damaged during fuel tank assembly.


## What can happen

A damaged vent pipe may allow fuel to spill out of the filler neck when the fuel cap is opened, increasing the risk of an injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect the internal vent pipe for damage and replace the charcoal canister and the fuel tank, if necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed November 1, 2022.  Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 20DS.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 1, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 13004
- Reported remedied: 12333 \(94%\)
- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2021 AUDI Q3](/makes/audi/q3/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI Q3](/makes/audi/q3/2022/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TSB\_2081573\_4](/bulletins/11035829.md), 2026-08-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2081573\_3](/bulletins/11035828.md), 2026-08-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2042920\_2](/bulletins/11020367.md), 2025-07-08, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2059997\_7](/bulletins/11016514.md), 2025-04-04, Service bulletin
- [A0124342074976\_1](/bulletins/11007301.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin
- [A0024902074853\_1](/bulletins/11007297.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin
- [A0124342074976\_1](/bulletins/11007220.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin
- [A0024902074853\_1](/bulletins/11007216.md), 2024-09-06, Service bulletin
- [A2024702059997\_6](/bulletins/11005859.md), 2024-08-06, Service bulletin
- [A2024662059997\_5](/bulletins/10250539.md), 2024-03-06, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V673000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V673000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2022V673000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F22V673000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2022V673000)