NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Audi S4 Recalls
The 2006 Audi S4 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 22, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Audi S4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 30
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Audi S4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 Audi S4
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 S4, 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 S4, 4 other models
2006 Audi S4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2006 Audi S4, the newest on May 16, 2019.
In complaints about the 2006 Audi S4, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (73%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the electrical system (13%).
2 of the 2006 Audi S4's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Audi S4 owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting22
- Air Bags7
- Electrical System4
- Equipment Adaptive/Mobility1
- Power Train1
- Steering1
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Audi S4 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 7. 7% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 30 complaints about the 2006 Audi S4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi S4 by model year
Other 2006 Audi models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted