# 2001 AUDI S4 — AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
> NHTSA complaint `570459` · 2006-01-25 · 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:** S4
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- **Component:** AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- **Miles at failure:** 25,000
## Narrative
1)  CAR IS 2001 AUDI S4 AVANT.  CAR WAS RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, AND WAS IDLING AT TOP OF DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED WHILE OTHER CAR IN FRONT WAS BEING MOVED.   UPON RELEASE OF PARKING BRAKE REGULAR BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN CAR ROLLING DOWNHILL, ABOUT 30 FEET,  FROM A STANDING START AND COLLIDING WITH  A PARKED CAR.  BRAKE PEDAL SHOWED NO RESISTANCE OTHER THAN MILD SPRING PUSH-BACK,  AND WAS PUSHED DOWN TO FLOOR.  A BRAKE PEDAL WAS  PUMPED WITH NO RESULT. SAME BRAKE CONDITIONS WERE REPEATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER COLLISION AND OVER A CONTINUING PERIOD OF  MINUTES WITH IDENTICAL RESULTS, DURING WHICH TIME I EXITED AND RETURNED TO  CAR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.  FINALLY, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES FOLLOWING  THE ACCIDENT BRAKES RESUMED FULL AND NORMAL FUNCTIONING.  CAR WAS IDLING THROUGHOUT THIS TIME PERIOD WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY .   3)  REPORTED TO DEALER MOHEGAN LAKE MOTORS) ON 1/16 AND TO AUDI AMERICA ON SAME OR NEXT DAY.  CAR TOWED TO DEALER ON 1/17.  AUDI AMERICA REPORTED LATER  THAT THEY HAD  NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SIMILAR OCCURRENCES OR ISSUES CONCERNING BRAKES - ALSO BEGAN INQUIRY ON WHY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY , BUT I DID NOT PURSUE THIS DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS SINCE THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  DEALER REPORTED ON 1/24 THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO  DUPLICATE  THE PROBLEM, AND HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE BRAKE FAILURE,  AND  WERE TAKING NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.  AUDI AMERICA REPORTED ON 1/25 THEY WERE TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION 
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