NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Audi A3 Recalls
The 2018 Audi A3 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Audi A3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2018 Audi A3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 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, 2019–2020 A3, 4 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, 2019–2020 A3, 2 other models
2018 Audi A3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2018 Audi A3, the newest on June 18, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Audi A3, the component group named most often is the air bags (52%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (15%) and the electrical system (12%).
1 of the 2018 Audi A3's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags17
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
- Electrical System4
- Engine4
- Power Train4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2018 Audi A3 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 13. 42% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Audi A3 drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Audi A3 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Audi A3 years.
The 33 complaints about the 2018 Audi A3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A3 by model year
Other 2018 Audi models
Newest record on this page: June 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted