Audi A4 seat belt problems

Filed Sep 30, 2021 · Seat belts · CO · 1 injury

Two of my four kids were in the rear seat. My 7 year old panicked because her seatbelt came unbuckled and she couldn’t get it back. My initial reaction was to hit the breaks and slow down. My daughter was ejected from her seat into the passenger seat head first and then landed on the floor with her booster seat on top of her. I pulled over and checked the seat belt and it would not latch. I had to drive her home unrestrained!! A few days later, different child experienced a similar situation with the middle seat. This is a concern because if the seatbelts failed during a car accident, my children’s lives were at risk. Repeated risk of the lives of children by ignoring this common issue. How many lives will it take to be protected? Minus the fear of being unable to afford repairs, or to get the vehicle in to the repair shop? As this has happened to 2/5 buckles in a matter of days, how do I know all of the buckles are not defective? Why are we repeatedly waiting for the tally marks on lives lost before we protect our children? When is it worth a single life EVEN HARMED because the life saving device has failed to keep us safe? Our family is so strict about seatbelt safety, how can this even be a gamble that anyone is willing to take? Furthermore, how do I explain to my children that this “very important” seatbelt that I check every time they kids get into a vehicle.. how am I supposed to explain that this very important piece of equipment may or may not be there when you need it and they still must wear it?I have read hundreds of forums reporting the same failures in both Audi and VW. I have contacted Audi Denver and am waiting on a quote. I am a nurse and my husband is unemployed due to the economy downturn. We are financially stretched to our absolute limits, raising children and we will not have the means to fix the failed seat belt buckles. Any safety failure like this or with airbags should be 100% under manufacturers warranty for the LIFE of the vehicle.

Filed Oct 7, 2016 · Airbags, Seat belts · NJ

Audi has taken no action to remedy the recall on may 27, 2016 for the passenger side air bag (16v382). I have contacted both my local dealership and and audi of america and their response was to continue to wait. I also have a seat belt locking mechanism that had it's plastic covering fall off. I asked for a warranty or good will repair, but was declined due to the age of the car.

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · Seat belts · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 audi a4. Over the years, all the seat belts in the vehicle deteriorated to the point that the metal piece beside the buckle was sheared off and frayed the seat belts. In addition, the driver side seat belt would not buckle on numerous occasions and the front and rear passenger side and the rear driver side seat belts were progressing to the point that they were not working. The dealer stated that all of the deteriorated seat belts needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Seat belts · 80,000 miles · UT

I have two seat belt latches that have failed on the back seat of the car. I use the seat belts to strap my kids and other individuals in the car. It is unacceptable to have two latches fail on a car that is a 2009 model year.

Filed Jan 31, 2014 · Airbags · 113,000 miles · CO · crash · 1 injury

In a snow storm, driver braked at an intersection, automatic brakes kicked in but did not stop the 10 mile per hour slide through the intersection. Car stopped parallel to the curb and was immediately t-boned by an SUV. Air bags did not deploy. Driver was wearing aseat belt and suffered a brokev arm . . .lucky. Based upon the condytion of the car, driver should be dead.

Filed Jan 15, 2013 · Airbags, Seat belts · 183,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

I was stopped at a red light when a car crashed into the back of my 1997 audi a4. This caused my car to crash into the car in front of me and that car to crash in to the car in front of it. My driver-side air bag did not deploy and my seat belt did not lock up. The air bag on the passenger side did deploy. Because the air bag and seat belt did not work, I hit the windshield and had to go to the hospital for medical attention.

Filed Jul 25, 2010 · Seats · 4,350 miles · NY

I had just gone to the grocery store and was unloading the back seat of the car when I noticed that the seat belt buckles were not visible through the slots of the seats anymore. I tried to feel for them and was unsuccessful. I then noticed that the entire seat was too far forward and the curved part at the back of the seat was no longer tucked to the seat back. As I was trying to see if I could put it back into position the seat completely dislodged from the car and the glue that was supposed to be attaching the seat to the car, the wiring and even part of the car itself was visible.

Filed Oct 15, 2009 · Seat belts · 18,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 audi a4. When an object was placed near or on the buckle assembly of the driver-side seat belt, the seat belt un-latches. The dealer will be notified of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 18000.

Filed Nov 21, 2002 · Airbags, Electrical · CO

The consumer has experienced the following problems: the driver seat motor is inop/lumbar motor/rocks back/forth, the left headlight(moisture collection in the inside due to weather/car wash), the airbag control unit defective, the seat air bag torn, the strap on driver seat belt does not lower/stuck, wires were found damaged under the carpet, and the vehicle has shifting problems/not shifting easily-failed. The consumer also request for the dealer to buy back the vehicle and or compensate the consumer for the time without the vehicle. Scc

Filed Jul 26, 1999 · Airbags · MD · crash · 1 injury

Passenger's airbag deployed upon impact. No passenger or parcel on passenger's seat, drivers bag did not deploy. Audi continues to deny a problem existed. Audi's own documentation describes a no passenger lock out switch to prevent deployment of the passenger's airbag when no passenger or (heavy parcel?) is present. I was the only occupant in the car, had my seat belt buckled, pretensioner for my seat belt fired but my airbag did not deploy. An interlock, by definition, is either on or off. An interlock or lock out device does not act as a "maybe on" or "maybe off" gate.