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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2002 Audi A8 Recalls

The 2002 Audi A8 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 14, 2008.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Audi A8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
1

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2002 Audi A8, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2002 Audi A8

Power train: automatic transmission

Campaign
08V397000
Reported
August 14, 2008
Vehicles affected
up to 13,900
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2000–2001, 2003 A8

08V397000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2002 Audi A8 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 1 owner complaint about the 2002 Audi A8, the newest on February 3, 2003.

In complaints about the 2002 Audi A8, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (100%).

The 2002 Audi A8's only recall does not concern the engine and engine cooling.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Engine And Engine Cooling1

Of the 2002 Audi A8 complaints, 100% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5

The 1 complaints about the 2002 Audi A8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Audi A8 by model year

Other 2002 Audi models

Newest record on this page: August 14, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted