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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2002 Audi S4 Recalls

The 2002 Audi S4 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on June 23, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Audi S4. 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
22

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2002 Audi S4, 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 S4

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 S4, 2 other models

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

2002 Audi S4 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 22 owner complaints about the 2002 Audi S4, the newest on April 24, 2009.

In complaints about the 2002 Audi S4, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (41%) and the seats (14%).

The 2002 Audi S4's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Where 2002 Audi S4 owners gave the mileage (18 complaints), the median was 35,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System10
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
  • Seats3
  • Engine And Engine Cooling1
  • Equipment1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2002 Audi S4 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20034
20048
20051
20061
20073
20082
20093

Complaints about the 2002 Audi S4 peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 8. 59% 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 S4 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Audi S4 year in the same window: 5th highest of the 5 ranked years.

That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Audi S4 years.

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The 22 complaints about the 2002 Audi S4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Audi S4 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