[V8] Airbag recall required on all V8s (1990-1994)

[Tim Hollister]

mine has that too.. but it says replace BY and the date is 2000... so I'm a little over due LOL

--- Jeff Goldberg <gold123 at ntelos.net> wrote:

>  
> Mine got sticker applied to the driver's sun visor.  States "Air Bag
> must be renewed after 10 years" and has places where the replacment
> date was punched out, sort of like a battery label.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Ward
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:32 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Airbag recall required on all V8s (1990-1994)
> 
> If you look under the rear seat on the driver's side and see a bunch
> of wires HACKED OFF and a sheet metal mounting point with nothing
> mounted to it, you've had the airbag recall already performed.
> 
> As Steve said, looks like they decided to combine the Airbag
> Triggering Unit (J 178 on the current diagram, located behind the
> radio) with the Airbag Energy Reserve (J 177 on the current diagram,
> located under the driver's rear seat) into one unit behind the
> radio.
> 
> Here is the snippet from the nhtsa website:
> Make : AUDI Model : V8 Year : 1990 
> Manufacturer : VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC   
> NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 97V172000  Recall Date : OCT 06, 1997
> Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE Potential Number
> Of Units Affected : 54800
> Summary: 
>  VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. SOME AIR BAG SENSORS DO
> NOT COMPLY WITH AUDI'S DURABILITY STANDARDS OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE
> VEHICLE. 
> Consequence: 
>  IN THE EVENT THE SENSOR SHOULD MALFUNCTION, THE AIR BAG RESTRAINT
> SYSTEM CAN INADVERTENTLY DEPLOY. DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG RESTRAINT
> SYSTEM WITHOUT WARNING COULD CAUSE A DRIVER TO LOSE VEHICLE CONTROL.
> 
> Remedy: 
>  DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAG SENSOR CONTROL MODULE. 
> Notes: 
>  OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 13, 1997. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR
> VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND
> DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD
> CONTACT AUDI AT 1-800-822-2834. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
> TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT
> 1-800-424-9393.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Jeremy
> www.MyV8Q.com 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of urq
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:37 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] KD, KF recalls
> 
> ... been a while, but ISTR the V8 was a bit more complicated than
> that ... 
> pretty sure the car originally had two separate boxes for the
> airbag, which were integrated into a single module for the recall
> ...
> 
> I know that when I took #344 in they indicated that there was
> something special about that particular VIN ... took the dealer 3
> tries to finally get
> 
> it done ... I even got to have a rental car for a couple days ...
> *for an airbag recall!*  This was the time that all their messing
> around damaged the
> 
> antenna lead for the rear window mounted antenna ...
> 
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> 
> > The Air Bag Module is located under the radio/climate control
> stuff in 
> > the center console. If I remember, you need to remove the whole
> center 
> > console
> 
> > to
> > replace it. Not exactly a simple job, but a reasonably alert chimp
> 
> > should be able to complete it successfully. If you wanted to make
> sure 
> > to get it done correctly and on time, show up with the center
> console 
> > removed for them.
> > You
> > could also verify part numbers and such before you go there.
> 
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