Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Audi 5000

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.

6
Open recalls
4
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

4 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER Assist
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power ASSIST:PUMP
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    1

Recalls

6 campaigns
96E006000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1996-03-04

THESE BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES HAVE INADEQUATE CRIMPS ATTACHING THE HOSE TO THE HOSE FITTINGS AND COULD CAUSE THE HOSE AND FITTING TO SEPARATE.

RiskIF THE BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY SEPARATES, LOSS OF BRAKING POWER CAN OCCUR INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

FixTHESE BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE REPLACED.

89V006000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1989-01-17

FUEL INJECTION SEALS MAY HARDEN, DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE AND ALCOHOL IN SOME FUELS, AND ALLOW FUEL TO ESCAPE INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

RiskFUEL DRIPPING ONTO HOT ENGINE COMPONENTS COULD CAUSE ANENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

FixREPLACE ENGINES FUEL INJECTOR SEALS WITH IMPROVED SEALS PLUS IMPROVEMENTS DESIGNED TO BETTER INSULATE THE ENGINE AGAINST FIRE RISK.

87V170000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL1987-10-28

MALFUNCTIONS OF INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF IDLE CONTROL UNIT COULD CAUSE IDLE STABILIZER VALVE TO BECOME ACTIVATED OUTSIDE ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE.

RiskIDLE RPM MAY BECOME ERRATIC AND, IN SOMEINSTANCES,INCREASE.

FixINSTALL LATEST SPECIFICATION IDLE CONTROL UNIT.

87V157000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1987-10-06

REPEATED TOPPING OFF OF FUEL TANK DURING REFUELING REDUCES THE EXPANSION SPACE WITHIN THE TANK ALLOWING VAPORS TO ESCAPE FROM THE CHARCOAL FILTER TO OUTSIDE RATHER THAN BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ENGINE.

RiskESCAPING VAPORS COULD IGNITE BY HEAT EMITTED BY THEEXHAUST SYSTEM.

FixINSTALL REDESIGNED FILLER NECK AND A NEW VENT VALVE AND HOSE FOR CHARCOAL FILTER. ALSO, STOP REFUELING WHEN PUMP NOZZLE SHUTS OFF.

87V008000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT1987-01-03

SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM A STATIONARY POSITION MAY OCCUR, WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE.

RiskUNEXPECTED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT PRIOR WARNINGCOULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH, CAUSING INJURIES.

FixINSTALL AN AUTOMATIC SHIFT LOCK TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER FROM BEING MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE UNLESS BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME.

85V099000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1985-07-30

UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, OUTER RUBBER LAYER OF BRAKE HOSES MAY BECOME BRITTLE AND DEVELOP CRACKS. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: CRACKS COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE BRAKE HOSES AS NECESSARY.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
C86001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-08-05 → 1989-07-11

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

EA86016·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-05-30 → 1986-08-18

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

DP86006·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-03-19 → 1986-06-23

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

EA85037·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1985-07-31 → 1987-12-23

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall86V103000

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