21V470000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, the air bag may not properly protect the occupant, increasing the risk of serious injury or death.
2000 AUDI A4
2 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 115 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints115
Complaints citing a crash7
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
20V056000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, the air bag may not properly protect the occupant, increasing the risk of serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 27SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- 9SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
- 6SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 4VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
- 4ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2000 AUDI A4s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.