Audi 5000: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Audi 5000, model years 1978 to 1991. NHTSA has 50 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 14 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Audi 5000 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 152,000 |
| 1990 Audi 5000 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 152,000 |
| 1989 Audi 5000 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 187,000 |
| 1988 Audi 5000 | 3 | 1 | 28% | 212,000 |
| 1987 Audi 5000 | 4 | 11 | 308% | 228,000 |
| 1986 Audi 5000 | 8 | 15 | 420% | 648,812 |
| 1985 Audi 5000 | 7 | 14 | 392% | 681,812 |
| 1984 Audi 5000 | 5 | 4 | 112% | 473,102 |
| 1983 Audi 5000 | 4 | 1 | 28% | 565,102 |
| 1982 Audi 5000 | 3 | 2 | 56% | 460,102 |
| 1981 Audi 5000 | 3 | 1 | 28% | 460,102 |
| 1980 Audi 5000 | 3 | 1 | 28% | 460,102 |
| 1979 Audi 5000 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 460,102 |
| 1978 Audi 5000 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 460,102 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
73 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 219.2 | 16 |
| Visibility | 150.7 | 11 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 123.3 | 9 |
| Electrical System | 109.6 | 8 |
| Steering | 95.9 | 7 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 68.5 | 5 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 54.8 | 4 |
| Structure | 41.1 | 3 |
| Exterior Lighting | 41.1 | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 41.1 | 3 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- A427 campaigns
- A654 campaigns
- S416 campaigns
- TT12 campaigns
- Quattro3 campaigns
- 10013 campaigns
- A320 campaigns
- A831 campaigns
- 907 campaigns
- Allroad6 campaigns
- RS62 campaigns
- S621 campaigns
- Q732 campaigns
- 803 campaigns
- Cabriolet3 campaigns
- 2005 campaigns
- 40007 campaigns
- V84 campaigns
- RS 43 campaigns
- Q533 campaigns
- A519 campaigns
- Fox8 campaigns
- S816 campaigns
- A724 campaigns
- S714 campaigns
- RS 716 campaigns
- E-Tron GT15 campaigns
- Q319 campaigns
- E-Tron13 campaigns
- A4 Allroad12 campaigns
- Q816 campaigns
- SQ514 campaigns
- RS E-Tron GT8 campaigns
- S514 campaigns
- RS 6 Avant14 campaigns
- A6 Allroad9 campaigns
- RS Q812 campaigns
- S312 campaigns
- A5 Cabriolet9 campaigns
- A3 Cabriolet11 campaigns
- RS 510 campaigns
- SQ711 campaigns
- SQ810 campaigns
- S5 Cabriolet11 campaigns
- Q4 E-Tron7 campaigns
- RS 37 campaigns
- A4 Cabriolet4 campaigns
- E-Tron Sportback2 campaigns
- Q5 Sportback6 campaigns
- A3 Sportback E-Tron3 campaigns
- TT Roadster3 campaigns
- 100LS4 campaigns
- R8 Spyder3 campaigns
- Q6 E-Tron3 campaigns
- SQ6 Sportback E-Tron3 campaigns
- A6 Sportback E-Tron2 campaigns
- Q8 Sportback E-Tron2 campaigns
- S4 Cabriolet2 campaigns
- S6 Sportback E-Tron2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Audi 5000: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/audi/5000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Audi 5000 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1986 with 8, 1985 with 7, 1984 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Audi 5000 model year has the most complaints?
- The 1986 model year, with 15 of the 50 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Audi 5000 name?
- Power Train: 219.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 150.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 123.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Audi 5000?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.