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AUDI A6

2000 AUDI A6

1 safety recall campaign, 4 defect investigations, 201 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints201
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire8

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

20V0560002020-01-31

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

  • 19ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 11TIRES
  • 10SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
  • 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
  • 8FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 7SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 7ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
  • 6FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2000 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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