general problems of the 2018 Audi A3

Audi had a recall on my 2018 A3 for a passenger occupant detection system. In July 2023, Audi replaced the pods sensor mat. Recently, the same car has encountered the same issue. The pods light indicates the airbag is off even if a passenger is sitting in the seat. There has been not repair work since July 2023, that would impact the pods. And the warning lights reappeared after a period of normalcy. I feel this is an incomplete recall remedy and Audi is now wanting to charge me for the repair.

My Audi A3 got the recall for pods done 5/2022 which the sensors and air bag in the passenger side weren’t working and I got the same lights come up 2 weeks ago. My dealership says since this was a recalled item and is a massive safety concern and should be covered by Audi USA. Instead they want to charge me $1400. I have 3 kids and one sits in the front, and need my car to take them to school and so forth so big safety feature I need. This is a huge safety issue and Audi needs to take accountability.

Audi dealership is not CO-operating to perform the recall issued on my vehicle, I have been trying to schedule the part replacement for more than a year now and every time they say the part is not available. I also attached my service request to Audi but after a phone call to confirm they said the part not available and they do not know when they will have the part. Below is recall info: Mar 22,2021 manufacturer recall number: 69by NHTSA recall number: 21v198.

I have not been able to fix the problem. I had an appointment with a local Audi dealership earlier in the year to address this recall and the day before they cancelled my appointment because they had not received the parts. I was rescheduled to drop off the car in April 2022 since the dealer had received the parts. The car was at the dealership for 2 days when they called me to have the car picked up and inform me that they ran out of parts at the dealership while the car was there and that I would have to wait for further notice to have the recall performed. It is August 21, 2022 and still no notice and my local dealer still has not received the parts. It is going to be 1 year since the recall notice was sent and my vehicle has not been able to be serviced.

The contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 21v198000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

On 4 Jan 2022 I received my notification of the pods recall from Audi for my 2018 A3. I called the dealer and they informed me they did not have the part and would not schedule me for the repair until they had they part. They also indicated they had no control over when the part would be available and suggested I call Audi customer care for information on when the part might be available. I did as suggested and got a supreme runaround and sent back to the dealer. The service manager indicated to me they would put me on the list and call when they received the part. Unfortunately, they could not schedule me for repairs as they did not have a delivery date for the part from Audi. My system is intermittently showing the airbag is not working. This has been going on for a couple of months. I should be able to schedule my car for repair but cannot as Audi is slow rolling the delivery of the part for this recall. I want to inform NHTSA that Audi is not offering a timely response to this recall. After being notified of the problem several months ago, you would think they could start the manufacturing process to deliver parts in a timely manner. And to send a letter to me and advise that I should schedule the repair only to discover the parts aren't available and I can't get my Audi A3 repaired is very bad on Audi's part.

The contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 21v198000 (air bags) however, the dealer informed the contact that the parts for the recall repair were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 21v198000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and it was confirmed that the part was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The car informed me the passenger airbag is turned off. This recall was first noticed 7 months ago. Surely that’s enough time for Audi to come up with a fix? if the fix is going to be expensive (new seats and sensors) then that sucks for Audi. But what about the tens of thousands of us driving without airbags while Audi “investigates” for 7 months?.

Airbag light reads off while my husband is sitting in the seat.

My wife was impacted on the drivers side very hard by another vehicle, enough to total the car, and the side airbags did not deploy.

There are six recall warnings associated with this car and tons of information that I am not including as I am sure you have all of the documentation. I am adding my VIN # above to the complaints. I would like to know what vw corp is doing about this. Thank you very much for keeping us safe on the road best, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6.

The contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 21v198000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer and manufacturer were made aware of the issue and informed the contact that the remedy was not available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Audi has not come up with a repair for the pods recall. This is the second time they have needed to repair the pods system. Users could run into an issue where if an accident were to occur with a passenger the airbag may not deploy. No time frame given.

Audi is unable to provide a remedy for the pods recall in a timely manner making my Audi A3 unsafe for passengers sitting in the front passenger seat.

Recall statusrecall incomplete, remedy not yet available. The passenger occupant detection system (pods) may detect a malfunction and switch off the passenger airbag even though the seat may be occupied. I have been waiting for the recall on my vehicle to be fixed since 03/22/2021. It has been 6months and the manufacture still doesn't have a remedy to fix my vehicle. I can't sale my vehicle or even rent it out because of the recall.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification for NHTSA recall number: 21v19800 ( air bag )however, the parts to do the repair were not available. The contact mentioned that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time to have to recall repair done. The dealer was contacted and informed the contact that no parts were available for the recall repair. The contact had experienced a failure with the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle has not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. VIN tools confirmed parts not available. The failure mileage was approximate 34,400.

I've been waiting since March for Audi NJ to repair my airbag (pods) and it's already may 1st this is absurd and completely on the hands of Audi and Audi only. I don't want to risk having anyone in my passenger seat and god forbid get into an accident and it would be on my hands. Audi has to step it up because I'm more than sure I'm not the only one waiting for this to be available to service our cars.

The passenger airbag stays on off mode even when a passenger is sitting in the seat with their seatbelt on. I have taken my car to Audi dealership two times and they tell me I would have to pay $900. 00 for a new airbag pod which may not even fix it. Audi also told me it’s not covered with my warranty. I’ve been trying to avoid driving with passengers but it’s my only vehicle and can’t always avoid it.

Tl- the contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v474000 (air bags). The contact stated that Audi grapevine (located at 1260 e state hwy 114, grapevine, TX 76051, (817) 354-2834) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The part was not available for the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. Dp.

Tl the contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 19v474000 (air bags). After contacting the dealer (Audi of tyson, 8598 leesburg pike, vienna, va) and the manufacturer, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Tl the contact owns a 2018 Audi A3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 19v474000 (air bags). Circle Audi (located at 1919 n lakewood blvd, long beach, CA 90815, (562) 597-3663) stated that the part was not available. The contact felt that the dealer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Appointment aug2022 to take car for recall work of the pods sensor mat & to update the pods control module but was told the part was out of stock due to logistics. Why they scheduled appointment without confirming the part was in stock. I was then told before I left that there was a couple hundred cars needing this recall and that there would be a waiting list for recall work and that I would get a call to be put on a waiting list, never received a call. Then 6 months later in Feb 2023, I received another letter from Audi informing me again of the recall 69by & a new recall item 24wi. I called Audi & was told the part(s) were out of stock. I called today 16aug2023 after waiting another six months & a service advisor informed me that the recall work was already performed on my vehicle. According to the invoice(s) from Audi of el paso the recall work for pods was completed on 05dec2020 for Audi action code 69z4 and 23ai . But according to a letter from Audi of America dated may 2021, it stated that a interim safety recall notice was issued but a recall repair is not yet available for Audi action code 69by. It was still being under investigation and a solution was still being developed. In Dec 2021, I received a letter from Audi stating that there was a solution to fix the recall/defect 69by & it says “to correct this defect, your authorized Audi dealer will replace the passenger occupant detention system (pods) sensor mat & update the pods control module. ” I called Audi of el paso after receiving the letter & was told part was on backorder due to demand. I inputted the VIN of my vehicle into Audi USA recall webpage (https://web. Audiusa. Com/recall/). I also ran VIN into the NHTSA database. Both Audi & NHTSA state that recall(s) work 69by & 24wi on my vehicle have not been fixed. But according to Audi of el paso all the recall work was done in 2020. Air bags turn off with wife in car have airbag problems since 2019. Current mileage 34k.