2004 Audi A4: recalls and complaints

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1. 16V382000Received 1 Jun 2016. 194,453 units.

   Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module

   Defect, in the NHTSA record

   Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2011 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2008 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Lastly, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Volkswagen is recalling model year 2004 Audi A4 vehicles originally sold, or registered, in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.

   Consequence, in the NHTSA record

   An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

   Remedy, in the NHTSA record

   Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 28, 2017. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834.

   Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 28 Apr 2017.

2. 05V096000Received 15 Mar 2005. 9,965 units.

   Exterior Lighting / Headlights

   Defect, in the NHTSA record

   On certain passenger vehicles, there is a possibility of xenon headlamp coating degradation over time. The luminous transmittance of the headlamp may decrease over a period of time.

   Consequence, in the NHTSA record

   This condition could affect a driver's field of view, increasing the risk of a crash.

   Remedy, in the NHTSA record

   Dealers will replace the left and right xenon headlamp reflectors free of charge. The recall began on april 11, 2005. Owners may contact audi at 1-800-822-2834.

   Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. Manufacturer campaign number JH. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 11 Apr 2005.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

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.

• 2004 Audi A4
• All 2004 vehicles

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.

Complaints that report a crash

8

Complaints that report a fire

1

Injuries in the complaints

6

Deaths in the complaints

0

Date of the newest complaint

21 Aug 2018

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

1. 19951
2. 19964
3. 19976
4. 19984
5. 19994
6. 20002
7. 20011
8. 20021
9. 20033
10. 20042
11. 20053
12. 20063
13. 20073
14. 20084
15. 20092
16. 20100
17. 20171
18. 20181
19. 20191
20. 20203
21. 20214
22. 20223

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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• NHTSA page of the 2004 Audi A4The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2004 Audi A4?

204,418 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.

How many recall campaigns does the Audi A4 have for all model years?

NHTSA lists 27 recall campaigns for the Audi A4, model years 1995 to 2022. 2 of them name the 2004 model year.

Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Audi A4 name most often?

Fuel System, Gasoline: 48 of 210 component mentions, or 228.6 per 1,000. For all 2004 vehicles the figure is 28.8 per 1,000.

Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Audi A4 open?

No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.