Recall Register

1992 Audi V8: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1992 Audi V8. The newest campaign is 01V324000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Oct 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Electrical / Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 01V324000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the amplifiers for the rear speaker assemblies. Owner notification began july 10, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact audi at 1-800-822-2834.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 59,100 units in total.

  1. 01V324000Received . 4,300 units.

    Equipment / Electrical / Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. An electrolytic capacitor contained in the amplifier for each rear speaker could leak an electrolyte, which may in time and in the presence of humidity, cause an unwanted conductive path.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could result in the amplifier overheating and a potential fire risk.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the amplifiers for the rear speaker assemblies. Owner notification began july 10, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact audi at 1-800-822-2834.

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 97V172000Received . 54,800 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal / Sensor/Control Module-Inactive

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some air bag sensors do not comply with audi's durability standards over the lifetime of the vehicle.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event the sensor should malfunction, the air bag restraint system can inadvertently deploy. Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning could cause a driver to lose vehicle control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the air bag sensor control module.

    Report filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1992 Audi V8: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
2 Nov 2001

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.

Complaints about the 1992 Audi V8, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2001, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

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.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19892
  2. 19903
  3. 19914
  4. 19922
  5. 19931

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

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1992 Audi V8: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/audi/v8/1992/. 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
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1992 Audi V8?
59,100 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 V8 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Audi V8, model years 1989 to 1993. 2 of them name the 1992 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1992 Audi V8 name most often?
Equipment: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1992 Audi V8 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.