NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2008 Audi A4 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 22, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 175
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 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 2005–2006 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 2005–2006, 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 2004–2006 A4, 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 16V376000
- Reported
- May 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,381
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009 A4, 2 other models
2008 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 175 owner complaints about the 2008 Audi A4, the newest on April 20, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the air bags (66%), followed by the engine (7%) and the power train (7%).
4 of the 2008 Audi A4's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (72 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags116
- Engine13
- Power Train12
- Exterior Lighting11
- Electrical System9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 55 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Audi A4 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 55. 10% 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 A4 drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Audi A4 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 175 complaints about the 2008 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2008 Audi models
Newest record on this page: April 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted