Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1995 Audi A6

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.

2
Open recalls
16
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
32
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    3
  • Electrical System
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
    1
  • AIR Bags
    1
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD Assembly
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
97V175000·AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1997-10-08

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE DISCHARGE OF STATIC ELECTRICITY UNDER LOW HUMIDITY CONDITIONS CAN ACTIVATE THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WHEN THE DRIVER ENTERS OR EXITS THE VEHICLE AND FORMS AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BY TOUCHING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE STEERING WHEEL.

RiskACTIVATION OF THE AIR BAG UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A GROUND WIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG.

96V017000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH1996-01-29

DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCHES WERE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND CAN CAUSE SOME ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES TO MALFUNCTION.

RiskSOME ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES, SUCH AS, TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, LAMPS, POWER WIND0WS AND AIR CONDITIONERS CAN MALFUNCTION WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE99065·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1999-10-28 → 2000-03-31

FUEL SUPPLY LINE LEAK

Led to recall00V068000

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