NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2006 Audi A4 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 22, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 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
- 295
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 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 2005, 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 2005, 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 2004–2005, 2008 A4, 1 other model
2006 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 295 owner complaints about the 2006 Audi A4, the newest on September 13, 2022. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (54%), followed by the air bags (25%) and the electrical system (7%).
3 of the 2006 Audi A4's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (194 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting159
- Air Bags73
- Electrical System21
- Engine15
- Power Train14
- Unknown Or Other7
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 61 | |
| 2011 | 26 | |
| 2012 | 31 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Audi A4 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 61. 13% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Audi A4 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 295 complaints about the 2006 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2006 Audi models
Newest record on this page: September 13, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted