NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2001 Audi A4 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 131
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
On a 2001 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002 A4, 2 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 A4, 23 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 A4, 4 other models
2001 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 131 owner complaints about the 2001 Audi A4, the newest on March 2, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2001 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (24%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (21%).
1 of the 2001 Audi A4's 3 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2001 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (86 complaints), the median was 60,014 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System35
- Engine And Engine Cooling31
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic28
- Air Bags11
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 12 | |
| 2003 | 26 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Audi A4 peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 26. 46% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Audi A4 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 11 ranked years.
The 131 complaints about the 2001 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2001 Audi models
Newest record on this page: March 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted