Your vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR), the main purpose of which is to make it possible to reconstruct the behaviour of the vehicle systems in an accident situation. To this end, the EDR stores relevant data, such as speed and whether the seat belts are buckled, pertaining to a period of a few seconds before an accident. This only occurs in accident or near-accident situations.

These data can help to better understand the circumstances in which accidents and injury occur. Please note: Data will only be stored in the event of an accident; no data are stored during normal driving. Furthermore, no personal data such as name, gender, age or accident location will be stored. It is possible, however, that third parties, e.g. law enforcement agencies, may correlate the stored data with personal data as part of an accident investigation.

Reading out data from the EDR memory requires special devices and access to the vehicle or the EDR. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, third parties such as law enforcement agencies can also read out and analyse the stored data, provided that they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.

This vehicle is equipped with an assist system monitor (ASM) which collects data not stored by the EDR in the event of an accident link►. The main purpose of the ASM is to make it possible to reconstruct the role and behaviour of driver assist systems in accident situations. In addition to the data stored by the EDR, the ASM stores data related to the driver assist systems from a period of a few seconds before an accident. The data recorded by the ASM will depend on the vehicle’s equipment and may comprise information such as: status information from the driver assist systems (e.g. switched on/off, system events etc.), regulating input (e.g. from ESC, ABS, Audi pre sense^* etc.) and driver assist system settings (e.g. speed settings).

Reading out data from the ASM memory requires special devices and access to the vehicle or the ASM. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, third parties such as law enforcement agencies can also read out and analyse the stored data, provided that they have access to the vehicle or the ASM.

Some countries stipulate explicitly that the data stored in the vehicle’s data recorders can be accessed even without the owner’s consent only after an accident.

Audi will only read out or provide third parties with the information stored in the data recorder memory or other similar data in the following circumstances:

Audi may also use the data for analysis with respect to vehicle operation and safety performance, or may provide the data to third parties for research purposes. In this case, however, neither the affected vehicle nor the owner/lessee will be identified. The stored data must be read out of the vehicle before they can be analysed by Audi or provided to third parties.

The data recorders are only capable of storing data; at no time will they record sounds, conversations or images from the vehicle. Furthermore, the vehicle never transmits the information stored in the data recorders e.g. via Audi connect or other online services.

Your vehicle is additionally equipped with electronic control units for various vehicle systems such as the engine, exhaust system, airbags etc. During normal driving, these vehicle control units store data which workshops require for diagnosis and repairs. This involves only certain data which are collected or stored for a very limited time when a control unit registers a system event. No sounds, conversations or images from the vehicle are stored.

The data may be related e.g. to the vehicle’s speed, direction of travel and brake system, or to the behaviour of the restraint systems in the event of an accident. Reading out and downloading the stored data requires special devices that must be connected directly to the vehicle.