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Audi V8

Every Audi V8 model year on file, 1989 to 1994. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years110 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years61989 to 1994
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins28Summed across model years
By model year

The 1990 model year drew the most complaints, 8, 73% of the model's total

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

024681989199081991199219931994
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Audi V8 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
4
Equipment
3
Speed control
3
Steering
1
Airbags
1
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi V8 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 V8 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1994Not decoded0NoneNone0013
1993Not decoded0NoneNone105
1992Sedan10.06205
1991Sedan20.011405
1990Sedan80.080300
1989Not decoded0NoneNone200
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi V8

  • 01V-324 Oct 10, 2001
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Equipment · 4,300 vehicles
  • 97V-172 Oct 6, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Airbags · 55k vehicles
  • 96V-084 May 10, 1996
    Bushing which guides the cruise control rod can, over time, deteriorate and cause the control rod to bind
    Speed control · 3,100 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.