NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2002 Audi A4 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 181
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001 A4, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 A4, 4 other models
2002 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 181 owner complaints about the 2002 Audi A4, the newest on November 25, 2020. Of these, 13 describe a crash (7%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (42%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (15%) and the exterior lighting (9%).
1 of the 2002 Audi A4's 2 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (114 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System76
- Engine And Engine Cooling28
- Exterior Lighting17
- Power Train16
- Visibility11
- Air Bags8
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 41 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 57 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Audi A4 peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 57. 60% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Audi A4 drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 181 complaints about the 2002 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2002 Audi models
Newest record on this page: June 23, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted