NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Audi A8 Recalls
The 2005 Audi A8 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 6
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2005 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 2005 Audi A8
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V324000
- Reported
- August 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Audi A8
2005 Audi A8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 6 owner complaints about the 2005 Audi A8, the newest on June 26, 2014. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2005 Audi A8, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (50%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the engine and engine cooling (17%).
The 2005 Audi A8's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Electrical System1
- Engine And Engine Cooling1
- Equipment1
- Equipment Adaptive/Mobility1
- Latches/Locks/Linkages1
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Audi A8 peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 2. 67% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
The 6 complaints about the 2005 Audi A8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A8 by model year
Other 2005 Audi models
Newest record on this page: June 26, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted