# 2018 AUDI A4 — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `1961452` · 2024-01-25 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** AUDI
- **Model:** A4
- **Year:** 2018
- **Manufacturer:** Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Component:** STEERING
## Narrative
I was rear-ended at a slow speed. I was stopped at the time. The driver who hit me was decelerating hard.  Damaged to rear bumper. When I got back in the car, I realized that telescoping steering column had been pulled toward me.  This would have been bad had I been shoved into the car in front of me and the airbags deployed too close to me. Luckily, this did not happen.
---
*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*