Latest A3 Recall News

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  1. More than 171,000 Audi sedans have been recalled for shutting off the airbag when there's a passenger in the front seat.

    This should give pause to anyone wanting to call "shotgun" on your next road tripl especially considering this is the second time the passenger occupant detection system (PODS) has been recalled in some of these vehicles over the last couple years. …

    keep reading article "Audi Recalls 171,000 Vehicles for Passenger Airbag System Shutoffs"
  2. Audi is recalling over 1,000 vehicles because of quick connectors that are supposed to hold fuel supply lines in place aren't doing their job.

    The detached lines will stop supplying fuel to the crankshaft and start depositing it onto hot engine surfaces. When flammable liquid meets something as hot as an exhaust manifold, things happen. Things you don’t want.…

    keep reading article "Quick Connecters Are Allowing Fuel Lines to Detach"
  3. Volkswagen has received the stamp of approval for a fix of about 475,000 2-liter "clean diesel" vehicles.

    These are the so-called "generation 3" diesels and are all from the 2015 model year. The list includes the 2015 Audi A3.

    "Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) say the approved emissions modifications will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 to 90 percent."…

    keep reading article "Audi 'Gen 3' Diesel Fix Approved"

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