22V178000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
Worn bearings can cause the turbine wheel to contact the turbocharger housing or cause the shaft to break, causing an engine stall and increasing the risk of a crash.
2016 AUDI A8
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints17
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
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 4 of 4
20V397000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
If the seal contacts hot engine components, there could be an increased risk of a fire.
19V057000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Leaking fuel, in the presence of an ignition source, increases the risk of fire.
19V035000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 5ENGINE
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 1LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
- 1LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1STRUCTURE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 AUDI A8s 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.