Vehicle profile
2018 Audi RS 5
Coupe · Subcompact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 2.9L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 8-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Subcompact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2018 Subcompact Cars
- 0.81× the 1.23 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2018 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
19V547000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULEVolkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Audi RS5 Sportback, 2018 S5 Cabriolet, S5 Sportback, S5 Coupe, S4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Sportback, A5 Coupe, and 2017-2018 A4 Sedan and A4 Allroad vehicles. Oxidation on the Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS) connecting cable may cause the software to misdiagnose a malfunction and disable the passenger air bag.
Consequence: A disabled passenger air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy: Audi will notify owners, and dealers will install cable ties to the harness, free of charge. The recall began September 9, 2019. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi's number for this recall is 74D9.
24/07/2019
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