Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Audi Cabriolet

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
8
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

8 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    2
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TURN Signal
    1
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND Attachments
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:HORN
    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.

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