Audi calls 850.000 Audi A4’s back [airbag fail]

Posted on 23-10-2014 at 16:58 by ricardo – 38 Comments”

A crash with an A4, now deadlier than ever

After BMW’s 3 Series, Audi has a problem with the airbags in the A4, the volumemodel of the brand. A spokesman let on Auto, Motor und Sport know that they are worldwide 850.000 copies recall. It comes to Audi A4 from model year 2012 in the car body versions-sedan, Avant and Allroad.

Airbags don’t tip out

The problem is in the airbagsoftware, causing the airbags to the front as possible, do not hurry. This would at some accidents have already occurred are, according to the vorsprung durch technique-brand. To how many accidents it comes is not known. Also they say not yet know whether there are injuries or deaths.

Of the 850k hit A4’s driving the majority in China (250,000 pieces). In Germany it goes to 150,000 copies. A further breakdown is not yet announced, so how much Dutch A4’s drink should go to the dealer for a softwarefiks – which takes a few minutes – is not yet known. This is the question that we stand at the importer.

According to Audi, it has nothing to do with the airbags of the Japanese Takata, which recently became the hub in a miljoenenrecall regarding non-ploffende air pockets.