Audi is recalling a complete of 5,224 examples of the This fall E-Tron and This fall E-Tron Sportback
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by Brad Anderson
Audi This fall E-Tron fashions in america want to move again to sellers after it has been revealed that one of many airbags may tear.
The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration has issued a recall noting that within the occasion of a crash the place the top curtain airbag is deployed, the airbag could deform the door seal and expose the steel inlay inside the seal. As such, there’s a risk that items of uncovered steel may tear the airbag, which means it will not be capable to defend occupants as designed, rising the danger of damage.
Audi says the difficulty may very well be triggered as a result of the door sealing doesn’t lie flat as a result of slight overlapping of steel elements of the physique shell within the space across the B-pillar.
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The automobile producer turned conscious of a possible difficulty on November 15, 2022 when it carried out a head-airbag take a look at and found that the airbag materials had been broken. A second take a look at led to the identical outcome. Audi instantly blocked all automobiles presently in manufacturing and launched a countermeasure that fastens the door seal within the B-pillar space to manufacturing.
A complete of 5,224 automobiles are concerned within the recall. This consists of 4,324 examples of the 2022-2023 This fall E-Tron manufactured between September 20, 2021 and January 9, 2023, along with 900 examples of the 2022-2023 Audi This fall E-Tron Sportback constructed from September 27, 2021 to January 9, 2023.
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Audi will inform homeowners of the recall on or earlier than Could 19, 2023 and instruct them to take their EV to a supplier the place fabric tape can be put in within the driver and entrance passenger B-pillar space to safe the door seal in place.
