Audi A3: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Audi A3, model years 2001 to 2023. NHTSA has 60 complaints on file for this model line. 16 of the 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Audi A3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 388 |
| 2022 Audi A3 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 18,707 |
| 2020 Audi A3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 710,453 |
| 2019 Audi A3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 710,453 |
| 2018 Audi A3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 414,409 |
| 2017 Audi A3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 414,409 |
| 2016 Audi A3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 415,625 |
| 2015 Audi A3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 414,409 |
| 2013 Audi A3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 314,775 |
| 2012 Audi A3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 483,050 |
| 2011 Audi A3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 483,050 |
| 2010 Audi A3 | 5 | 3 | 95% | 509,024 |
| 2009 Audi A3 | 5 | 3 | 95% | 476,432 |
| 2008 Audi A3 | 3 | 12 | 380% | 324,749 |
| 2007 Audi A3 | 3 | 9 | 285% | 324,749 |
| 2006 Audi A3 | 4 | 27 | 855% | 324,797 |
| 2005 Audi A3 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 151,767 |
| 2004 Audi A3 NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 158% | |
| 2001 Audi A3 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 32% |
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
72 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 | 458.3 | 33 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 111.1 | 8 |
| Exterior Lighting | 69.4 | 5 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 55.6 | 4 |
| Tires | 55.6 | 4 |
| Suspension | 55.6 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 41.7 | 3 |
| Air Bags | 41.7 | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 41.7 | 3 |
| Equipment | 13.9 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- A427 campaigns
- A654 campaigns
- S416 campaigns
- TT12 campaigns
- Quattro3 campaigns
- 10013 campaigns
- A831 campaigns
- 907 campaigns
- 500012 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 A3: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/audi/a3/. 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
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Volkswagen Group 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 A3 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2022 with 6, 2010 with 5, 2009 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Audi A3 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2006 model year, with 27 of the 60 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Audi A3 name?
- Power Train: 458.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 111.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Exterior Lighting: 69.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Audi A3?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.