NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Audi A6 Recalls
The 2008 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 2008 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
- 71
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2008 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 2008 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 2006, 2009–2011 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 2006, 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 2006, 2009–2011 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 2006 A6, 1 other model
2008 Audi A6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 71 owner complaints about the 2008 Audi A6, the newest on August 8, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Audi A6, the component group named most often is the air bags (69%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the exterior lighting (8%).
3 of the 2008 Audi A6's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Audi A6 owners gave the mileage (21 complaints), the median was 44,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags49
- Electrical System7
- Exterior Lighting6
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
- Power Train3
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Audi A6 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 25. 17% 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 A6 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Audi A6 year in the same window: 9th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 71 complaints about the 2008 Audi A6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A6 by model year
Other 2008 Audi models
Newest record on this page: August 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted