# Transport Canada recall 2021688

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: 2021688
- Manufacturer's number: 74E3
- Reported: 2021\-11\-10
- Component: Airbag
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 35107

## What is wrong

Issue:

On certain vehicles, the passenger occupant detection system \(PODS\) may malfunction. This could cause the airbag system to turn off the passenger\-front airbag even when a passenger is seated. 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".

Additional note: For the 2020 model year A5 model, only the A5 Sportback is affected by this recall.

Safety Risk:

An airbag that is turned off could increase the risk of injury to a passenger in a crash.

Corrective Actions:

Audi will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a dealer to inspect the front passenger seat. Depending on the seat type, the dealer will either replace the seat heating mat including the connecting cable or the entire seat cover.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 AUDI A4](/makes/audi/a4/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI A4](/makes/audi/a4/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI A4](/makes/audi/a4/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A4](/makes/audi/a4/2020/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI A5](/makes/audi/a5/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI A5](/makes/audi/a5/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI A5](/makes/audi/a5/2020/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI RS 5](/makes/audi/rs-5/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI RS 5](/makes/audi/rs-5/2019/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI S4](/makes/audi/s4/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI S4](/makes/audi/s4/2019/recalls.md)
- [2018 AUDI S5](/makes/audi/s5/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUDI S5](/makes/audi/s5/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUDI S5](/makes/audi/s5/2020/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
- [A9124602067021\_5](/bulletins/10249225.md), 2024-02-06, Service bulletin
- [A6923912056406\_4](/bulletins/10238396.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [A6923902051242\_7](/bulletins/10238177.md), 2023-07-10, Service bulletin
- [DC\_Rings\_VOL10](/bulletins/10232062.md), 2023-03-06, Service bulletin
- [A6922812056406\_3](/bulletins/10208209.md), 2022-03-04, Service bulletin
- [A6921702064545\_1](/bulletins/10201506.md), 2021-10-05, Service bulletin
- [A6921692056406\_2](/bulletins/10201505.md), 2021-10-05, 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/2021688](/v1/recalls/tc/2021688)

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