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Audi 100

Every Audi 100 model year on file, 1972 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years8713 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years201972 to 2001
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins138Summed across model years
By model year

The 1992 model year drew the most complaints, 22, 25% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0102030197219751977198619881990199222199419962001
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Audi 100 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
19
Engine and cooling
13
Electrical system
13
Powertrain
12
Speed control
12
Airbags
8
Equipment
7
Brakes
6
Visibility and wipers
4
Lighting
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi 100 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Audi 100 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2001Sedan60.0270035
1998Not decoded30.03000018
1997Not decoded0NoneNone0018
1996Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1995Not decoded0NoneNone2115
1994Sedan2020.01253116
1993Sedan1833.375337
1992Wagon224.5169327
1991Sedan1020.053416
1990Sedan40.040420
1989Wagon40.0200310
1988Not decoded0NoneNone100
1987Not decoded0NoneNone100
1986Not decoded0NoneNone100
1985Not decoded0NoneNone100
1977Not decoded0NoneNone100
1976Not decoded0NoneNone100
1975Not decoded0NoneNone100
1973Not decoded0NoneNone200
1972Not decoded0NoneNone000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi 100

  • 01V-324 Oct 10, 2001
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Equipment · 4,300 vehicles
  • 00V-084 Mar 20, 2000
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Fuel system · 11k vehicles
  • 98V-332 Dec 23, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with v6 engines
    Fuel system · 37k vehicles
  • 97V-172 Oct 6, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Airbags · 55k vehicles
  • 96V-017 Jan 29, 1996
    Defective ignition switches were improperly manufactured and can cause some electrical accessories to malfunction
    Electrical system · 24k vehicles
  • 93V-007 Jan 11, 1993
    Blades in the brake vacuum booster pump can wear prematurely, causing reduced brake assist pressure when the brake pedal is applied
    Brakes · 7,000 vehicles
  • 93V-006 Jan 11, 1993
    Differential oil of the transaxle is lost over time due to evaporation
    Powertrain · 152k vehicles
  • 91V-156 Sep 18, 1991
    Vehicle capacity weight was inadvertently omitted from placard located inside the gas filler door, as required by fmvss 11o
    Equipment · 5,900 vehicles
  • 91V-050 Apr 2, 1991
    Instruction label in the trunk of vehicle is incorrect for the jack supplied with the vehicle
    Equipment · 21k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.