ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM
A gateway control module shutdown will suddenly reduce engine power, increasing the risk of a crash.
5 safety recall campaigns, 25 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.
A gateway control module shutdown will suddenly reduce engine power, increasing the risk of a crash.
The detached trim may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of crash.
A damaged frontal air bag may not provide adequate protection, increasing the risk of an injury.
The detached trim may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of crash.
A short casting can cause a sudden loss of brakes, increasing the risk of crash. The electronic parking brake and its emergency brake function are not affected and will still function.
Two 2019 AUDI SQ5s 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.