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1998 Audi A6 Fuel System, Gasoline Storage Tank Assembly Recall


NHTSA Recall #	3547
NHTSA Compaign #	01V157000
MFG Compaign #
Manufacturer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC
Supplier	AUDI
Brand	AUDI
Model	A6
Model Year	1998
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
Date of notification	01/05/01
Begin date of manufacuring	14/08/97
End date of manufacturing	15/11/00
Type of recall	V
Recall initiator	MFR
Report received	03/05/01
Report created	18/05/01
Regulation part number
FMV safety standard number
Estimated number of affected units	70000
Defect summary	Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Sulfur in fuel interacts with certain additives found in widely available gasoline causing sulfur to become deposited on the contact points of three fuel sending units mounted inside the fuel tank. This could cause the fuel gauge to read full while the fuel tank may not in fact be full or could be empty.
Consequence summary	Running out of fuel without warning while the fuel gauge indicates that there is sufficient fuel in the tank lead to safety problems.
Corrective action	Dealers will remove the existing fuel level sending units and replace them with fuel level sending units using a new alloy composed of gold, silver, and a small amount of nickel, which will not chemically react with sulfur. Vw/audi will also call back vehicles that were repaired under a previous recall last june in order to install the updated fuel sending units nhtsa 00v137/audi lb). Owner notification began may 1, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact audi at 1-866-892-2834.
Recall notes	Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1998 Audi A6 Fuel System, Gasoline Storage Tank Assembly Recall

1998 Audi A6 Fuel System, Gasoline Storage Tank Assembly Recall

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