NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2004 Audi A4 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 1, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 189
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Audi A4
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V382000
- Reported
- June 1, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,453
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006, 2008 A4, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 05V096000
- Reported
- March 15, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,965
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 A4, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 A4, 4 other models
2004 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 189 owner complaints about the 2004 Audi A4, the newest on May 5, 2023. Of these, 8 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (24%), followed by the air bags (14%) and the engine and engine cooling (10%).
1 of the 2004 Audi A4's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2004 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (168 complaints), the median was 59,120 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline46
- Air Bags26
- Engine And Engine Cooling18
- Tires16
- Vehicle Speed Control16
- Visibility16
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 24 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Audi A4 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 32. 26% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Audi A4 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 189 complaints about the 2004 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2004 Audi models
Newest record on this page: May 5, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted