German Audi Recalls 36,000 A8 Units on Air Bag Problems
German luxury carmaker Audi AG, a unit of local group Volkswagen AG (VW), is recalling 36,000 units of its A8 model, because of possible problems with the driver-side air bags, the company said on August 31, 2006, confirming earlier report of German specialised magazine auto-motor-sport.
In the course of an internal control procedure a problem was detected which does not allow the air bags to unfold properly. This resulted in a reduction of the protection effect, Audi said.
The affected vehicles in Germany are around 12,000, according to the carmaker. The defective cars were assembled in the period between the launch of the series in 2002 and March 2004.
Audi ( www.audi.com ) will change the driver-side air bags for free. The repair will take around 30 minutes per vehicle.
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