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title: "AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON (2025) - Recall 25V899000 — NHTSA record 315716 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-315716-audi-s6-sportback-e-tron-2025-recall-25v899000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# AUDI S6 SPORTBACK E-TRON (2025) - Recall 25V899000 — NHTSA record 315716

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 Dec 19, 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 25V899000
- **Reason**: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, S5, and S6 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The automatic locking retractor may fail to engage when a child seat is installed using the seat belt. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 208, "Occupant Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies." An improperly secured child seat can increase risk of injury during a crash.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Quantity**: 27768
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 315716

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V899000)

## 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**: Dec 19, 2025
- **Manufacturer start**: Mar 14, 2025
- **Manufacturer end**: Oct 20, 2025
- **Owner notification**: Feb 16, 2026
- **Record created**: Dec 22, 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 inspect and replace the right and left rear seat belt assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69D8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V899000)

Use [NHTSA's VIN check](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) to check an individual vehicle and its remedy status.

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