1998 AUDI A6

1 safety recall campaign, 6 defect investigations, 158 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1

Park it0stop driving until repaired

Investigations6

Owner complaints158

Complaints citing a crash12

Complaints citing a fire7

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

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AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, the air bag may not properly protect the occupant, increasing the risk of serious injury or death.

What owners report most

18FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
11VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
7SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
7SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
6STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
6STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
5SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
5VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

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Two 1998 AUDI A6s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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