{"id":155414,"date":"2021-01-05T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/audi-a3-2008-16v079000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:28:10","slug":"audi-a3-2008-16v079000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/audi-a3-2008-16v079000\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi A3 (2008) &#8211; 16V079000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2006 Volkswagen Passat Sedans And Wagons, 2005-2013 Audi A3, And 2006-2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet Vehicles.  Upon Deployment Of The Driver&#8217;S Frontal Air Bag, Excessive Internal Pressure May Cause The Inflator To Rupture.  <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>AUDI<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>A3<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2008<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>16V079000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Air BAGS:Frontal:Driver Side:Inflator Module<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>In The Event Of A Crash Necessitating Deployment Of The Driver&#8217;S Frontal Air Bag, The Inflator Could Rupture With Metal Fragments Striking The Driver Or Other Occupants Resulting In Serious Injury Or Death.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Will Notify Owners, And Dealers Will Replace The Driver&#8217;S Frontal Air Bag Inflators, Free Of Charge. The Recall Began March 2017.  Volkswagen Owners May Contact Volkswagen Customer Service At 1-800-893-5298.  Audi Owners May Contact Audi Customer Service At 1-800-253-2834.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>151767<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20170310<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Odi<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20160210<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain Model Year 2006 Volkswagen Passat Sedans And Wagons, 2005-2013 Audi A3, And 2006-2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet Vehicles.  Upon Deployment Of The Driver&#8217;S Frontal Air Bag, Excessive Internal Pressure May Cause The Inflator To Rupture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[17549,17522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}