NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Audi A3 Recalls
The 2016 Audi A3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 83
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2016 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 2016 Audi A3
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 24V110000
- Reported
- February 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 261,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2020 A3, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22V543000
- Reported
- July 27, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 21V198000
- Reported
- March 22, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153,152
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2020 A3, 2 other models
2016 Audi A3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 83 owner complaints about the 2016 Audi A3, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Audi A3, the component group named most often is the air bags (45%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the fuel/propulsion system (19%).
2 of the 2016 Audi A3's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Audi A3 owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 62,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags37
- Electrical System16
- Fuel/Propulsion System16
- Engine9
- Unknown Or Other9
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2016 Audi A3 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 18. 1% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 83 complaints about the 2016 Audi A3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A3 by model year
Other 2016 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted