Audi has recalled 27,768 vehicles because their seat belts may not lock properly to restrain a child safety seat. Most modern child safety seats use the LATCH system instead of the seat belt. But these vehicles may not properly fit older child safety seat designs that use the seat belt instead.
Recalled models include some, but not all, examples of the:
- 2025 Audi A5
- 2025 Audi A6
- 2025 Audi A6 Sportback e-tron
- 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron
- 2025 Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron
- 2025 Audi S5
- 2025 Audi SQ6 e-tron
- 2025 Audi SQ6 Sportback e-tron
The company tells federal safety regulators that automatic locking retractors used in some seat belts may have been damaged during manufacturing. They might “fail to prevent the seat belt webbing from being extended more than the allowable length after locking when a seat belt is used to secure a child restraint seat.”
Dealers will fix the problem by inspecting the retractors and replacing them if necessary.
By law, dealers never charge for recall repairs.
Automakers recall many cars to fix safety defects, sometimes more than once. While automakers try to reach every owner to ask them to bring the vehicle in for repair, they rarely get them all. Millions of vehicles on American roads need free recall repairs. To find out if your car is one of them, check the easy VIN tool at our recall center.
