21V198000
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
2017 AUDI S3
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints10
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
17V196000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
If the air bag deploys with more force than intended, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 4AIR BAGS
- 1AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1VISIBILITY/WIPER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 AUDI S3s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.