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Audi A3 · 2005

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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Severity pendingNHTSA·16V079000·2016-02-10
Volkswagen Recalls Audi and Passat Vehicles for Airbag Inflator Defect
Volkswagen is recalling 151,767 Audi and Volkswagen vehicles because the driver's airbag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury.
Product
AUDI — AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN A3, A4 CABRIOLET, PASSAT
Category
Vehicle
Distribution
Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

EA22001 Engineering Analysis · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger
PE21009 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

2006 · powertrain — 36 complaints, median 71,580 mi
2015 · electrical — 23 complaints, median 49,154 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,748 manufacturer service bulletins across 19 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

2025: 4.6/5 · 5 complaints
2024: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
2023: 4.8/5
2022: 4.4/5
2020: 4.0/5 · 16 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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