NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Audi A6 Recalls
The 2006 Audi A6 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 22, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Audi A6. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2006 Audi A6, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 Audi A6
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 2008–2011 A6, 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 2008–2009 A6, 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 2008–2011 A6, 1 other model
Structure: body: trunk lid
- Campaign
- 07V334000
- Reported
- August 1, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,898
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008 A6, 1 other model
2006 Audi A6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2006 Audi A6, the newest on April 27, 2023. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2006 Audi A6, the component group named most often is the air bags (60%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine (6%).
3 of the 2006 Audi A6's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Audi A6 owners gave the mileage (33 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags40
- Electrical System13
- Engine4
- Steering4
- Exterior Lighting3
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Audi A6 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 25. 15% 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 A6 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Audi A6 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Audi A6 years.
The 67 complaints about the 2006 Audi A6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A6 by model year
Other 2006 Audi models
Newest record on this page: April 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted