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.
2001 AUDI A4
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 153 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints153
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire9
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 14ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 12ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
- 9SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- 9SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8AIR BAGS
- 7ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2001 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.