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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron Recalls

The 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 27, 2022.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
2

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
2

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

2 recalls on the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron

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

22V543000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: sensor: occupant classification

Campaign
19V474000
Reported
June 19, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 138,896
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
Same campaign
also 2017–2018 A3 Sportback E-Tron, 2 other models

19V474000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron complaints by year

NHTSA has received 2 owner complaints about the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron, the newest on August 26, 2017.

In complaints about the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron, the component group named most often is the tires (50%), followed by the visibility/wiper (50%).

None of the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron's 2 recalls concerns the tires.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Tires1
  • Visibility/Wiper1

Of the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron complaints, 100% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.

The 2 complaints about the 2016 Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron by model year

Other 2016 Audi models

Newest record on this page: July 27, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted