NHTSA recall 25V899000
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 | 25V899000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 69D8 |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Reported | 2025-12-19 |
| Owners notified | 2026-02-16 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR |
| Units potentially affected | 27768 |
| Part numbers | 8B3 857 805 A 85E 857 805 B 85H 857 805 B |
| Report | Quarterly report 2, for 2026 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-07-29 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 27768 |
| Reported remedied | 22058 (79%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| 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. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, S5, and S6 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The automatic locking retractor may fail to engage when a child seat is installed using the seat belt. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 208, "Occupant Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
What can happen
An improperly secured child seat can increase risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and replace the right and left rear seat belt assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69D8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025.
| 2025 AUDI A5 | Built 2025-02-22 to 2025-11-05. |
|---|---|
| 2025 AUDI A6 | Built 2025-07-29 to 2025-11-05. |
| 2025 AUDI A6 SPORTBACK E-TRON | Built 2024-07-19 to 2025-11-04. |
| 2025 AUDI Q6 E-TRON | Built 2024-07-19 to 2025-11-04. |
| 2025 AUDI Q6 SPORTBACK E-TRON | Built 2025-07-29 to 2025-11-05. |
| 2025 AUDI S5 | Built 2025-03-07 to 2025-11-04. |
| 2025 AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON | Built 2025-03-14 to 2025-10-20. |
| 2025 AUDI SQ6 E-TRON | Built 2025-01-10 to 2025-06-06. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2025 AUDI SQ6 SPORTBACK E-TRON | Built 2025-05-09 to 2025-10-31. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
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.