NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Audi A3 Recalls
The 2013 Audi A3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 4, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 20
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2013 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 2013 Audi A3
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V862000
- Reported
- December 4, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 226
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 A3, 2 other models
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 2006–2012 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 2006–2012 A3, 2 other models
2013 Audi A3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 20 owner complaints about the 2013 Audi A3, the newest on March 16, 2026.
In complaints about the 2013 Audi A3, the component group named most often is the air bags (50%), followed by the engine (15%) and the fuel/propulsion system (15%).
3 of the 2013 Audi A3's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Audi A3 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags10
- Engine3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Power Train2
- Unknown Or Other2
- Engine And Engine Cooling1
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Audi A3 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Audi A3 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Audi A3 year in the same window: 8th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Audi A3 years.
The 20 complaints about the 2013 Audi A3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A3 by model year
Other 2013 Audi models
Newest record on this page: March 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted