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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2000 Audi A4 Recalls

The 2000 Audi A4 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
5

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
96

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2000 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

5 recalls on the 2000 Audi A4

Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module

Campaign
21V470000
Reported
June 23, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 62,812
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
also 2001–2002 A4, 2 other models

21V470000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module

Campaign
20V056000
Reported
January 31, 2020
Vehicles affected
up to 106,857
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
also 2 other models

20V056000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Exterior lighting

Campaign
06E049000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001 A4, 23 other models

06E049000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Exterior lighting

Campaign
06E060000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 12 other models

06E060000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Engine and engine cooling: engine

Campaign
14E007000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001–2005 A4, 4 other models

14E007000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2000 Audi A4 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 96 owner complaints about the 2000 Audi A4, the newest on June 15, 2021. Of these, 5 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2000 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (49%), followed by the electrical system (11%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).

1 of the 2000 Audi A4's 5 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.

Where 2000 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (49 complaints), the median was 62,900 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic47
  • Electrical System11
  • Engine And Engine Cooling11
  • Power Train8
  • Air Bags6
  • Visibility5

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2000 Audi A4 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
200014
20018
20022
200318
200411
200516
20067
20071
20084
20095
20102
20112
20121
20132
20161
20201
20211

Complaints about the 2000 Audi A4 peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 18. 44% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Audi A4 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 11 ranked years.

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The 96 complaints about the 2000 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Audi A4 by model year

Other 2000 Audi models

Newest record on this page: June 23, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted