# Transport Canada recall 2021169

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: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2021169
- Manufacturer's number: 69BY
- Reported: 2021\-03\-22
- Component: Airbag
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 18204

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system \(PODS\) may not work properly. This could cause the airbag system to turn off the passenger\-front airbag even when a person is seated in the front passenger seat.

Note: This problem would cause an error message to display on the instrument panel and a warning chime to sound. The airbag indicator light would also display "passenger airbag off".

Safety Risk:

An airbag that is turned off when it should be turned on could increase the risk of injury to a passenger in a crash.

Corrective Actions:

Audi will notify owners by mail. The corrective actions for this recall are under development. To reduce the safety risk, Audi recommends that if the PODS in your vehicle is not working properly, you should contact an Audi dealer for assistance right away and not transport a person in the front\-passenger seat until the PODS has been repaired.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 AUDI A3](/makes/audi/a3/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 AUDI A3](/makes/audi/a3/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI A3](/makes/audi/a3/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI A3](/makes/audi/a3/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A3](/makes/audi/a3/2020/recalls.md)
- 2016 AUDI A3 E\-TRON
- 2017 AUDI A3 E\-TRON
- 2018 AUDI A3 E\-TRON
- [2018 AUDI RS 3](/makes/audi/rs-3/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI RS 3](/makes/audi/rs-3/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI RS 3](/makes/audi/rs-3/2020/recalls.md)
- [2016 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI S3](/makes/audi/s3/2020/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.

- [DC\_Audi\_CF\_ Airbag](/bulletins/11030980.md), 2026-04-07, Other
- [A6924112056406\_5](/bulletins/11003002.md), 2024-07-02, Service bulletin
- [A6924112056406\_5](/bulletins/11002933.md), 2024-07-02, Service bulletin
- [A6923912056406\_4](/bulletins/10238396.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [A6922812056406\_3](/bulletins/10208209.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6921692056406\_2](/bulletins/10201505.md), 2021-10-05, Service bulletin
- [A6921632061030\_3](/bulletins/10190282.md), 2021-05-06, Service bulletin
- [A6921622061030\_2](/bulletins/10187582.md), 2021-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6920612061030\_1](/bulletins/10185273.md), 2021-01-08, Service bulletin
- [A6919432056406\_1](/bulletins/10166733.md), 2019-11-07, 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)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2021169](/v1/recalls/tc/2021169)

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