NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Audi A8 Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 Audi A8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 3
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 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 2000–2002 A8
2003 Audi A8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 3 owner complaints about the 2003 Audi A8, the newest on January 23, 2012.
In complaints about the 2003 Audi A8, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (33%), followed by the power train (33%) and the suspension (33%).
The 2003 Audi A8's only recall also concerns the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting1
- Power Train1
- Suspension1
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Audi A8 peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 1. 33% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 3 complaints about the 2003 Audi A8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A8 by model year
Other 2003 Audi models
Newest record on this page: January 23, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted