AI DamageWhat the reported fault does
PODS can deactivate the passenger airbag despite an occupied seat, with dash/audible warnings and passenger airbag off. The intermittent fault may cease without user action. This establishes neither inflator rupture nor deployment.
Applicability and the full analysisCause was still being investigated in this revision
The report states ongoing cause investigation, while remedy replaces the PODS mat and updates the module. Those actions do not supply a final material cause absent from the document, nor today’s investigation status.
Applicability and the full analysisFull material about the model
Audi A3 Sedan 2015–2020: PODS and passenger-airbag deactivationOccupant-detection warnings, dated recall limits and cabin inspection after damage/repair.