NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Audi A6 Recalls
The 2000 Audi A6 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 31, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Audi A6. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 148
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
On a 2000 Audi A6, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2000 Audi A6
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
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 06V198000
- Reported
- June 5, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,512
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 A6, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 04V133000
- Reported
- March 18, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,866
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 A6, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 01V157000
- Reported
- May 3, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,000
- Same campaign
- also 2001 A6, 1 other model
2000 Audi A6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 148 owner complaints about the 2000 Audi A6, the newest on May 21, 2022. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Audi A6, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (17%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
2 of the 2000 Audi A6's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2000 Audi A6 owners gave the mileage (87 complaints), the median was 77,040 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic25
- Engine And Engine Cooling21
- Fuel System, Gasoline14
- Tires14
- Suspension12
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Audi A6 peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 17. 30% 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 A6 drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Audi A6 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 148 complaints about the 2000 Audi A6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A6 by model year
Other 2000 Audi models
Newest record on this page: May 21, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted