2012 AUDI Q5 Visibility Problems

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 AUDI Q5. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V001000 (VISIBILITY AND AIR BAGS) AND 16V078000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE PARTS MAY BECOME AVAILABLE MID SEPTEMBER 2017. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE SIDE MIRRORS ARE TOO LARGE AND PLACED IN A LOCATION ON THE WINDOW THAT CREATES A BLIND SPOT AND IN PARTICULAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEN YOU CAN NOT SEE A CAR COMING AT YOU FROM THE LEFT, OR OF YOU ARE TURNING LEFT YOU CANNOT SEE IF THERE IS AN ISLAND. WHILE WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT, IT IS A HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECTIFIED. THIS HAS GIVEN RISE TO A NUMBER OF NEAR ACCIDENTS AND I HAVE TRIED TO GET AUDIO TO LISTEN TO ME. *TR

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR HEIGHT IS STATIONARY AND NOT ADJUSTABLE. FOR MANY(?) PERSONS, WHEN LOOKING AND OR TURNING TO THE RIGHT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE FIELD OF VISION IS BLOCKED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD, POSSIBLE PEDESTRIANS, OBJECTS, VEHICLES ETC. ALSO, THE POSITION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH BEHIND THE LOWER LEFT OF THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES OPERATION DIFFICULT, POSSIBLY CAUSING DISTRACTED DRIVING, SINCE IT HAS TO BE OPERATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *TR