Reporting Safety Defects - Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual

freely through the passenger compartment
could cause in a collision like this.
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WARNING
Weak, damaged or improper straps used
to secure items to tie-downs can fail dur-
ing hard braking or in a collision and cause
serious personal injury.
- Always use suitable mounting straps and
properly secure items to the tie-downs in
the luggage compartment to help pre-
vent items from shifting or flying for-
ward as dangerous missiles .
- When the rear seat backrest is folded
down, always use suitable mounting
straps and properly secure items to the
tie-downs in the luggage compartment
to help prevent items from flying for-
ward as dangerous missiles into the pas-
senger compartment.
- Never attach a child safety seat tether
strap to a tie-down.
Reporting Safety
Defects
Applicable to U.S.A.
If you believe that your vehicle
has a defect which could cause
a crash or could cause injury or
death, you should immediately
inform the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notify-
ing Audi of America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar com-
plaints, it may open an investi-
gation, and if it finds that a
safety defects exists in a group
of vehicles, it may order a recall
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and remedy campaign. Howev-
er, NHTSA cannot become in-
volved in individual problems
between you, your dealer, or
Audi of America, Inc.
To contact the NHTSA, you may
either call:
Tel.: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY:
1-800-424-9153) or
1-800-424-9393
or you may write to:
NHTSA
U.S. Department of Transporta-
tion
1200 New Jersey Ave., S. E.
West Building
Washington, DC 20590
You can also obtain other infor-
mation about motor vehicle
safety from:
http:/ /www.safercar.gov
Applicable to Canada
If you live in Canada and you
believe that your vehicle has a
defect that could cause a crash,
injury or death, you should im-
mediately inform Transport
Canada, Defect Investigations
and Recalls. You should also no-
tify Volkswagen Group Canada,
Inc.
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