recall notice

[cobram at juno.com]

"Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca> writes:

> Makes me wonder: aren't early airbags designed for a 15 years life 
> span

Originally 10 years, then bumped to 15,  I think they'll probably bump it
again.  

> ? And what was the first year Audi offered airbags in its cars ? 
> 1991 I
> guess...

My 05/89 build V8Q has Drivers Side airbag, as does the 1990 200TQA.  

> So this makes sense, they want to check your car's airbag to be sure 
> it
> is still operational. A car designed for airbags has different 
> seatbelts
> than a car without, and it is more dangerous to have the 
> "stretchable
> seatbelts" without a functioning airbag.

The seatbelts in the airbag cars are the same as the ones without.

This is the same recall that was performed about 6 years ago.  I think
Audi is just getting around to the cars that didn't have the recall
performed the first time around.

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