German Audi has to deal with two recalls of the same model. The batteries in a number of e-tron GTs can catch fire.
Audi is currently advising a number of e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT owners not to charge the batteries in their cars to more than 80 percent.
To be precise, there are 1,042 cars.
Both Audi and the American road safety authorities NHTSA believe that these cars can be associated with a fire risk.
The one recall covers the majority of the cars – namely 1,013 pieces – built between 2022 and 2024. In those cars, short circuits can occur in the high-voltage batteries.
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Something that in the worst case could start a fire. The fault actually lies with Porsche, because the e-tron GT models are identical to the Porsche Taycan.
Porsche has also told the sister brand about the battery problems that the brand itself is struggling with. Read more about it here .
Audi now says that it has an ongoing dialogue with both Porsche and the battery supplier LG Energy Solution Wrocław.
The same battery manufacturer also plays a decisive role in a third car brand, which also has problems with burning electric cars. Read more about it here .
Back at Audi, the second recall concerns exactly the same as the first. But here the brand has so much data that you can say exactly which cars are affected by the problem.
For the same reason, there are also 'only' 29 cars. The solution, Audi believes, is to replace individual battery modules. However, it is not something that customers have to pay for.
Although it sounds alarming with battery fires, Audi is not yet aware of any cars being damaged due to the fault. Or that people have been injured.
Still, terrible mistakes happen in electric cars. Here at home, a brand new electric car from Audi burned a house in Hirtshals to the ground last year.
It was the residents of the house who discovered the fire. Jesper Sorensen, who is the head of duty at the North Jutland Police, told TV2 Nord at the time.
