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title: "AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON (2025) - Recall 25V638000 — NHTSA record 300830 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 GTI, Golf R, Audi A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, S5, S6 Sportback E-Tron, 2026 Q4 Sportback E"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-300830-audi-s6-sportback-e-tron-2025-recall-25v638000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON (2025) - Recall 25V638000 — NHTSA record 300830

Published notice; closure not supplied

A campaign record does not say whether this individual vehicle has received the remedy. Check the VIN with NHTSA or the manufacturer.

Source date Sep 24, 2025. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON (2025) - Recall 25V638000
- **Reason**: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 GTI, Golf R, Audi A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, S5, S6 Sportback E-Tron, 2026 Q4 Sportback E-Tron, and Q4 E-Tron vehicles. The torsion bar in one or both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production. In a crash, a damaged torsion bar in a retractor could fail. If this happens, the seat belt may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Quantity**: 1042
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 300830

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V638000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON; model year 2025. Check the model identifiers and, for a vehicle, the VIN on the official recall site. |

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## Distribution

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## Dates in the source

- **Report received**: Sep 24, 2025
- **Manufacturer start**: Jul 3, 2025
- **Manufacturer end**: Jul 3, 2025
- **Owner notification**: Oct 31, 2025
- **Record created**: Sep 24, 2025

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

Dealers will replace one or both front seat belts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 30, 2025, and October 31, 2025. Owners may contact Audi at 1-800-253-2834 or Volkswagen at 1-800-893-5298. Audi's number for this recall is 69UM; Volkswagen’s number for this recall is 694T. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning September 26, 2025.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V638000)

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