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Audi S3 · 2016

3 recalls affect 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
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V198000·2021-03-22

    Audi Recalls A3 and S3 Models Due to Passenger Air Bag Defect

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific Audi A3 and S3 models because the passenger air bag may deactivate while the seat is occupied.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI A3 SPORTBACK E-TRON, S3, RS 3, A3
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V474000·2019-06-19

    Audi Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Risk

    Audi is recalling specific 2015-2019 models because an electrical issue may cause the passenger air bag to deactivate, increasing injury risk in a crash.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI A3 CABRIOLET, RS 3, A3 SPORTBACK E-TRON, S3
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

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.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

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

975 manufacturer service bulletins across 11 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2024: 4.7/5 · 2 complaints
  • 2023: 4.9/5
  • 2022: 4.3/5
  • 2020: 4.7/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2019: 4.6/5 · 2 complaints

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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