NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Audi A4 Recalls
The 2009 Audi A4 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 11, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Audi A4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 120
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Audi A4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2009 Audi A4
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, 2008 A4, 4 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 16V376000
- Reported
- May 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,381
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008 A4, 2 other models
2009 Audi A4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 120 owner complaints about the 2009 Audi A4, the newest on December 23, 2024. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Audi A4, the component group named most often is the engine (37%), followed by the air bags (28%) and the steering (13%).
2 of the 2009 Audi A4's 2 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Audi A4 owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine44
- Air Bags33
- Steering15
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Unknown Or Other7
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2009 Audi A4 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 19. 24% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Audi A4 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Audi A4 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 120 complaints about the 2009 Audi A4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A4 by model year
Other 2009 Audi models
Newest record on this page: December 23, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted