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Severity pendingNHTSA·25V899000·Announced 2025-12-19

2025 AUDI S5

Pending LLM rewrite. Source: NHTSA 25V899000.

Severity not yet assessed

We have not scored this recall against our rubric yet, so we are not showing a severity rating or our usual guidance. The agency’s own notice below is the authoritative source — read it first.

Plain-English summary

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."

An improperly secured child seat can increase risk of injury during a crash.

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. 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.

The recalled product

Product
2025 AUDI S5
Brand
AUDI
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Category
Vehicle — SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR
Affected units
27,768

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (9)

  • S5
  • Q6 E-TRON
  • SQ6 SPORTBACK E-TRON
  • SQ6 E-TRON
  • S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON
  • A6 SPORTBACK E-TRON
  • Q6 SPORTBACK E-TRON
  • A5
  • A6

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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