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Audi Tt · 2016

2 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·20V076000·2020-02-12

    Audi TT Recall: Fuel Tank Heat Shield Bracket Fire Risk

    Volkswagen is recalling 2016-2019 Audi TT vehicles because a fuel tank heat shield bracket may damage the tank in a crash, causing a fuel leak and fire risk.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI TT
    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.

  • 2016Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2016; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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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

1,603 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2023: 4.9/5
  • 2019: 4.9/5
  • 2018: 4.9/5
  • 2017: 4.9/5
  • 2016: 4.3/5 · 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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