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2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen is recalling 261,257 Audi and Volkswagen vehicles because a fuel tank seal defect may cause fuel to leak, increasing fire risk.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific Audi A3 and S3 models because the passenger air bag may deactivate while the seat is occupied.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
4 trims tested for 2015; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
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.
1,748 manufacturer service bulletins across 19 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
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.