Audi A6, A7 Recalled As Liquid Spills Might Reduce Engine Energy

Audi is recalling over 50,000 midsize sedans and wagons attributable to a possible threat of energy loss within the occasion of liquid spills within the again seat. A gateway management module below the again seat of the 2019-2022 Audi A6 and A7 might minimize energy to the engine if a spill within the rear seeps into the electronics, and the sudden energy loss creates a crash threat, in keeping with Shopper Experiences.

The recall impacts a complete of fifty,883 Audi sedan and wagon fashions, together with the 2019-2022 Audi A6 and A7, the 2020-2022 Audi S6, S7 and A6 Allroad, and the 2021-2022 Audi RS6 Avant and RS7. The Audi A6 sedan is most susceptible to the water injury (or any liquid, for that matter) with a complete of 32,585 A6 fashions included within the recall.

The gateway management module lacks a protecting cowl, as outlined by a NHTSA report. These modules have a failsafe that switches off the management unit in case of incorrect or erratic readings, comparable to these produced by brief circuits within the system. Liquids might make the system brief circuit, triggering its security shutdown and forcing the engine into an emergency mode with lowered energy. On this mode, “the automobile stays steerable and the brake system is totally operable,” per NHTSA.

Audi tells NHTSA that it’s discovered 46 claims that could possibly be associated to the problem, which date way back to July of 2019 by way of October of 2022. None of those claims have been related to any crash or injures.

Audi issued the same recall in 2021 that affected practically 300,000 SUV fashions, together with the Q5 and SQ5. The distinction in that recall was that the problem wasn’t remoted to liquid spills within the again seat however could possibly be attributable to heavy rain or by driving by way of deep water. The problem was resolved by including a protecting cowl to the module at Audi dealerships and through SUV meeting, meant to protect it from liquids.

Audi goes to resolve the problem on this newest recall the identical means: the carmaker will inform sellers to put in a protecting cowl over the management module in affected autos, all of which have been assembled previous to April of 2022; these protecting covers may also be put in in sure Audi fashions going ahead.

Audi will begin notifying homeowners by the tip of January in 2023, however homeowners can monitor the recall by utilizing NHTSA’s VIN instrument. Or by utilizing NHTSA’s SaferCar app, accessible right here. You too can look into remembers by following our recall information right here.