NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2005 Audi A4 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 22, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 219
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Audi A4
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V427000
- Reported
- June 22, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 237,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008 A4, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V032000
- Reported
- January 11, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,421
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2009 A4, 4 other models
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 2004, 2006, 2008 A4, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 14E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 A4, 4 other models
2005 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 219 owner complaints about the 2005 Audi A4, the newest on June 18, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (46%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the electrical system (11%).
3 of the 2005 Audi A4's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (165 complaints), the median was 58,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting101
- Air Bags54
- Electrical System24
- Power Train16
- Engine10
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 56 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Audi A4 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 56. 10% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Audi A4 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 8th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 219 complaints about the 2005 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2005 Audi models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted