# NHTSA recall 22V861000

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: 22V861000
- Manufacturer's number: 90V2
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2022\-11\-21
- Owners notified: 2023\-01\-19
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 50883
- Part numbers: 4K0 907 578 A

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Audi\) is recalling certain 2020\-2022 Audi S7, S6 Sedan, A6 Allroad, 2021\-2022 RS7, RS6 Avant, 2019\-2022 A7, and A6 Sedan vehicles.  Liquid spilled in the rear seat may penetrate and cause the gateway control module to shut down.


## What can happen

A gateway control module shutdown will suddenly reduce engine power, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will install a protective cover, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 20, 2023.  Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Audi's number for this recall is 90V2.


## 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 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 50883
- Reported remedied: 48856 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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 A6](/makes/audi/a6/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A6](/makes/audi/a6/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI A6](/makes/audi/a6/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI A6](/makes/audi/a6/2022/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A6 ALLROAD](/makes/audi/a6-allroad/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI A6 ALLROAD](/makes/audi/a6-allroad/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI A6 ALLROAD](/makes/audi/a6-allroad/2022/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI A7](/makes/audi/a7/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI RS 6 AVANT](/makes/audi/rs-6-avant/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI RS 6 AVANT](/makes/audi/rs-6-avant/2022/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI RS 7](/makes/audi/rs-7/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI RS 7](/makes/audi/rs-7/2022/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI S6](/makes/audi/s6/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI S6](/makes/audi/s6/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI S6](/makes/audi/s6/2022/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI S7](/makes/audi/s7/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUDI S7](/makes/audi/s7/2021/recalls.md)
- [2022 AUDI S7](/makes/audi/s7/2022/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\_2083385\_1](/bulletins/11038127.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2079214\_4](/bulletins/11038061.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2076396\_3](/bulletins/11038046.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2074059\_4](/bulletins/11038040.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2068573\_6](/bulletins/11038032.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2063336\_5](/bulletins/11038030.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2058077\_11](/bulletins/11038029.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2054202\_8](/bulletins/11038028.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2082976\_2](/bulletins/11036973.md), 2026-09-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2082976\_1](/bulletins/11036972.md), 2026-09-04, 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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