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Audi Cabriolet

Every Audi Cabriolet model year on file, 1993 to 2003. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years221 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years111993 to 2003
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins69Summed across model years
By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 8, 36% of the model's total

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

02468199319941995199681997199819992000200120022003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Audi Cabriolet complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
10
Visibility and wipers
5
Structure
4
Fuel system
2
Equipment
2
Steering
2
Lighting
1
Speed control
1
Powertrain
1
Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi 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 Cabriolet by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2003Convertible50.0560024
2002Not decoded0NoneNone007
2001Not decoded0NoneNone004
2000Convertible10.017008
1999Not decoded0NoneNone002
1998Convertible10.012006
1997Convertible20.027106
1996Convertible80.0160204
1995Convertible30.055303
1994Convertible250.050204
1993Not decoded0NoneNone101
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi Cabriolet

  • 98V-332 Dec 23, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with v6 engines
    Fuel system · 37k vehicles
  • 97V-175 Oct 8, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Airbags · 39k vehicles
  • 96V-017 Jan 29, 1996
    Defective ignition switches were improperly manufactured and can cause some electrical accessories to malfunction
    Electrical system · 24k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.