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Audi A3 Cabriolet

Every Audi A3 Cabriolet model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1643 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2019
Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2,518Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 87, 53% of the model's total

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

02550751002015872016201720182019
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Audi A3 Cabriolet complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
77
Fuel system
28
Engine and cooling
22
Electrical system
14
Powertrain
11
Lighting
7
Wheels
6
Brakes
4
Structure
4
Seat belts
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi A3 Cabriolet 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 A3 Cabriolet by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019Sedan40.03011374
2018Hatchback120.08651435
2017Sedan250.014731487
2016Sedan365.625731528
2015Sedan871.154451694
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi A3 Cabriolet

  • 19V-474 Jun 19, 2019
    Improper electrical contact may cause the Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS) to falsely detect a malfunction and deactivate the passenger…
    Airbags · 139k vehicles
  • 19V-095 Feb 13, 2019
    Latching pins for the center rear seat head restraint may be missing
    Seats · 3,326 vehicles
  • 18V-863 Dec 5, 2018
    Fuel hose quick connector may detach from the fuel supply line in the engine bay, resulting in a fuel leak
    Fuel system · 1,104 vehicles
  • 18V-803 Nov 14, 2018
    Rear seat frame head restraint guide sleeves may be incorrectly welded to the seat frame
    Seats · 169 vehicles
  • 17V-508 Aug 16, 2017
    Engine Control Unit (ECU) software may misinterpret the flywheel rotation on engine start-up as a "knocking" condition, and the adjusted air/fuel…
    Engine and cooling · 8,383 vehicles
  • 17V-280 Apr 26, 2017
    Safety certification label has an incorrect vehicle production date
    Equipment · 2,091 vehicles
  • 17V-196 Mar 22, 2017
    In a lower-speed crash situation, the air bag control unit software may deploy the passenger frontal air bag improperly if the front seat…
    Airbags · 12k vehicles
  • 16V-647 Sep 7, 2016
    Due to a problem with the suction pump inside the fuel tank, fuel may flow into the evaporative emissions (EVAP) system
    Engine and cooling · 110k vehicles
  • 16V-642 Sep 6, 2016
    Affected vehicles may have been programmed with new software that inadvertently makes the side marker lights inoperative in conjunction with the…
    Electrical system · 80k vehicles
  • 15V-824 Dec 8, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a driver or front passenger seat whose cover may be incorrectly stitched, preventing the side air bag from properly…
    Airbags · 904 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.