2025 Audi Q7 & 2025 Audi Q8 + 2 more recall: seat belt
⚠️ What's wrong
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2025 Audi RS Q8, Audi Q8, Audi Q7, and Audi SQ8 vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belt buckles may be missing a rivet that secures the buckle to the seat belt stalk.
💥 The risk
A seat belt that is missing a rivet may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace both front seat belt buckles, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 3, 2025. Owners may contact Audi at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 692K. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 14, 2025.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 25V777000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 692K
- Manufacturer
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Vehicles affected
- 61
- Component
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
- Owner phone
- 1-800-253-2834
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Built
- Mar 17, 2025 – Mar 25, 2025
- Recall started by
- MFR