Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 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
20
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
41
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V Battery
    3
  • Electrical System
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    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.

97V115000·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1997-07-22

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MAY NOT LOCK PROPERLY WHEN ENGAGED, OR NOT REMAIN LOCKED AFTER BEING ENGAGED.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, AN IMPROPERLY LOCKING SEAT BELT COULD CAUSE INJURY TO AN OCCUPANT.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY.

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