Audi passenger occupant system consistently faults effectively disabling the passenger airbag. This issue occurs mostly while a passenger is in the seat, but from time to time will occur when no passenger is present. It occurs while stationary and in motion during normal day to day driving. I have had the pods recall performed on the vehicle back in september 2019, which has made the issue worse.
2015 Audi A3 airbags complaints
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Audi recall campaign 69z4 was supposed to fix the passenger occupant detection system malfunction by replacing a connector and harness. This has not fixed the issues. Many audi customers saying the seat belt alarm and warning light still come on. Mine will not shut off until I plug the seat belt back in, but then my airbags turn on and off randomly even if there is an occupant in the passenger seat. This was the cheap fix. Audi acknowledges the issue with the actual pods sensor but makes customers pay $1,200 for the safety fix. This should have been part of the recall. Audi blames mine on the damage to the rear of the car, but the photos pre-date the damage to the rear bumper.
Audi has a recall to fix the wiring in the pods system, acknowledging that the components to detect and protect a passenger in the seat exists. The recall does not fix the sensor itself which has been identified as an existing failure issue. Knowing this is a safety issue audi has yet to recall the sensor as part of the system to detect a passenger in the seat. This is as bad if not worse then the airbag recall that exists today. Their explanation is that the sensor is not part of the recall because its a different component than the wiring harness, even though the harness plugs into the sensor and the connection was part of the previous recall. Instead they want to charge between 1200 and 1300 dollars for each replaced sensor. This issue will cause the passenger airbag to fail to activate because the sensor does not register correctly whether there is a passenger or not. Additionally there could be injury to the driver on deployment of the passenger airbag inadvertently due to sensor failure to correctly identify occupant. This is not a wear and tear item and should not be managed as such as a failing use part. It should be recalled as a safety item.
My car keeps having a safety system fault. There are two errors: 1. The "paasenger airbag off" indicator stays on even when a passenger is in the front passenger seat 2. Buckle seatbelt sign is on when there is no passenger I took my car for a recall but it did not fix the issue of the airbag being off! This has been happening for quite some time.
There was recently a pods recall for the wiring harness going to the occupant detection sensor the recall did not fix the issues for many people. Car will randomly think someone is setting in the passenger seat and activate airbag and cause the seatbelt light to chime constantly while driving causing the air bag to turn on and off. The sensor imbedded in the bottom of the seat is faulty.
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