general problems of the 1999 Audi A6

Four problems related to air bag have been reported for the 1999 Audi A6. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/22/2021

Tl the contact owns a 1999 Audi A6. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v056000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer 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. The VIN was invalid.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/27/2020

The contact owns a 1999 Audi A6. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v056000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/12/2001

No deployment of frontal airbags during high impact frontal collision with another vehicle, no injuries were sustained. Nlm.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/01/1999

Brake application on wet highway induced an uncontrollable spin. The spin resulted in severe impact with a guard rail causing front-end damage so severe as to prevent the driver door from opening. The supplemental restraint system failed to deploy even after severe frontal impact.


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