Volkswagen and Audi have been referred to as to the NHTSA’s workplace once more, this time over tire stress monitoring programs (TPMS) and an infotainment system voltage regulator. The large recall covers 225,704 items of a number of VW and Audi fashions with TPMS software program that may be sluggish to react in an exceedingly uncommon scenario. If all 4 tires concurrently lose stress on the identical fee, the system won’t notify the motive force within the time allowed by Federal Motor Automobile Security Normal (FMVSS) #138 S4.2, which mandates a warning inside 20 minutes after sure situations are met. The automaker says the system will inform the motive force “earlier than a probably safety-relevant tire stress is reached” — i.e., earlier than they get so low as to be a hazard. However as a result of the warning is out of FMVSS reaction-time spec, the system wants fixing.
The treatment is a visit to the VW or Audi supplier to have the TPMS software program up to date. The model-year recall inhabitants contains the:
VW Group of America will ship notification letters to homeowners by December 30, 2022. Homeowners who do not need to wait seven weeks for official data can contact Volkswagen customer support at 800-893-5298 and seek advice from inside recall numbers 45J6 and 45J8, contact Audi customer support at 800-253-2834 and seek advice from inside recall quantity 45J7, or contact the NHTSA Automobile Security Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) and cite marketing campaign quantity 22V815.
Audi wants its sellers to have a detailed have a look at one other 6,076 recalled automobiles from the 2021 and 2022 mannequin years over their infotainment programs. A faulty voltage regulator can harm the infotainment middle console unit when the automobile is turned off. On startup after that, the show display screen will not work, that means the rearview digital camera image cannot be displayed, both. Having no rearview digital camera on a contemporary automobile is a federal no-no. Sellers will exchange your entire console unit in vehicles that want it.
Though the automobile inhabitants is far smaller, the vary of probably affected automobiles is bigger. It contains the:
2021 & 2022: A6 Allroad, A8, E-Tron
2022: A3, A4, A4 Allroad, A5 Coupe and Cabriolet, A6, A7, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q7, Q8, RS Q8, RS6, RS7, S3, S4, S5 Coupe and Cabriolet, S6, S8, SQ7, SQ8
Letters will likely be mailed to homeowners by December twenty fifth. Earlier than then, homeowners can contact Audi customer support on the above quantity and seek advice from inside recall quantity 91EI, or get in contact with the NHTSA and cite marketing campaign quantity 22V806.
