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Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron

Every Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron model year on file, 2016 to 2018. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years40 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years32016 to 2018

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,461Summed across model years

By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 50% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Tires leads the Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Tires

Visibility and wipers

Electrical system

Wheels

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron 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 Sportback E-Tron by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	436
2017	Not decoded	2	0.0	200	2	507
2016	Hatchback	2	0.0	16	3	518

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi A3 Sportback E-Tron

22V-543 Jul 27, 2022
During air bag deployment, the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly
Airbags · 1,216 vehicles
21V-198 Mar 22, 2021
Passenger occupant detection system (PODS) may malfunction and switch off the passenger air bag even when the seat is occupied
Airbags · 153k vehicles
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

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.