The Recall Desk

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Audi R8 · 2016

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V543000·2022-07-27

    Volkswagen Recalls 2016 Audi and Golf Models for Air Bag Defect

    Volkswagen is recalling 1,216 2016 Audi and Volkswagen vehicles because the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN S3, A3 SPORTBACK E-TRON, GTI, GOLF R
    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

Technical service bulletins

1,219 manufacturer service bulletins across 14 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2022: 4.9/5
  • 2021: 4.9/5
  • 2020: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2018: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2016: 4.7/5

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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