NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Audi A3 Recalls
The 2007 Audi A3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 30, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Audi A3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2007 Audi A3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2007 Audi A3
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V082000
- Reported
- January 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 162,782
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2013 A3, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V079000
- Reported
- February 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 151,767
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2013 A3, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 09V377000
- Reported
- September 30, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,200
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2010 A3, 1 other model
2007 Audi A3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2007 Audi A3, the newest on July 25, 2020.
In complaints about the 2007 Audi A3, the component group named most often is the air bags (62%), followed by the power train (31%) and the engine (8%).
2 of the 2007 Audi A3's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2007 Audi A3 owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags32
- Power Train16
- Engine4
- Suspension2
- Tires2
- Vehicle Speed Control2
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Audi A3 peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 19. 19% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Audi A3 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Audi A3 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Audi A3 years.
The 52 complaints about the 2007 Audi A3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A3 by model year
Other 2007 Audi models
Newest record on this page: July 25, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted