Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Audi 4000

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
3
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

3 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AXLE Assembly
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
93V006000·POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY1993-01-11

THE DIFFERENTIAL OIL OF THE TRANSAXLE IS LOST OVER TIME DUE TO EVAPORATION. LOW OIL LEVELS CAUSE PREMATURE BEARING AND GEAR WEAR AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF FAILURE, THE VEHICLE'S DRIVE WHEELS COULDLOSE POWER. IN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK, CAUSING RAPIDDECELERATION RESULTING IN POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixDRAIN AND REPLACE THE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR OIL WITH OIL HAVING HIGHER PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA92028·POWER TRAIN1992-08-03 → 1993-02-09

TRANSMISSION FAILURES

Led to recall93V006000

EA92016·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1992-05-29 → 1993-06-30

FUEL TANK LEAKAGE

PE92006·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1992-01-17 → 1992-05-29

GAS TANK LEAKAGE

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