NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Audi A3 Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 43
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2006–2007, 2009–2013 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 2006–2007, 2009–2013 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 2006–2007, 2009–2010 A3, 1 other model
2008 Audi A3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2008 Audi A3, the newest on December 2, 2019. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%).
In complaints about the 2008 Audi A3, the component group named most often is the air bags (56%), followed by the power train (30%) and the engine and engine cooling (5%).
2 of the 2008 Audi A3's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Audi A3 owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags24
- Power Train13
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Electrical System1
- Fuel/Propulsion System1
- Structure1
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2008 Audi A3 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 10. 37% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Audi A3 drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Audi A3 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
The 43 complaints about the 2008 Audi A3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A3 by model year
Other 2008 Audi models
Newest record on this page: December 2, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted