- Vehicles
- 27,768
- Built between
- Jul 2024 – Nov 2025
- Models
- 9
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 16 February 2026
- Repaired
- 79%
- Unrepaired
- 5,710
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2024 and November 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2025 Audi A5Built February 2025 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi A6Built July 2025 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi A6 Sportback E-TronBuilt July 2024 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi Q6 E-TronBuilt July 2024 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-TronBuilt July 2025 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi S5Built March 2025 to November 2025
- 2025 Audi S6 Sportback E-TronBuilt March 2025 to October 2025
- 2025 Audi SQ6 E-TronBuilt January 2025 to June 2025
- 2025 Audi SQ6 Sportback E-TronBuilt May 2025 to October 2025
Repair progress
5,710 of 27,768 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.
79% repaired — 22,058 of 27,768 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, S5, and S6 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The automatic locking retractor may fail to engage when a child seat is installed using the seat belt. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 208, "Occupant Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
What could happen
An improperly secured child seat can increase risk of injury during a crash.
What gets fixed
Dealers will inspect and replace the right and left rear seat belt assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2026.
Parts involved
- Rear seat belt assembly8B3 857 805 A 85E 857 805 B 85H 857 805 BRear seat belt assembly
Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2024 to November 2025
- Recall reported to NHTSA19 December 2025
- Owners notified16 February 2026
- Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 79% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 19 December 2025.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69D8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 69D8
- Recalling manufacturer
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 208
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.