Vehicle profile
2008 Audi A5 A5 quattro
Coupe · Subcompact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 261 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3.2L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Manual 6-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Subcompact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2008 Subcompact Cars
- 0.33× the 3.07 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2008 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
16V376000
AIR BAGSVolkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VW) is recalling certain model year 2008-2009 Audi A4, A5, and Q5 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the air bag control units may corrode and fail.
Consequence: If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.
Remedy: Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control unit, free of charge. The recall began October 2016. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69O1.
27/05/2016
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