11038027
Date: 2026-09-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
This bulletin provides information for reporting safety related information to the manufacturer.
2016 Audi A4 problems
NHTSA lists 11 complaints for the 2016 Audi A4, 0 of them mention a crash and 1 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.
Data build 2026-10-08.
NHTSA lists this vehicle as AUDI A4.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 11
- With crash
- 0
- With fire
- 1
- With injury (complaints)
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
- Recalls
- 0
- Do not drive recalls
- 0
- Park outside recalls
- 0
- Recall potential units (maximum)
- Unavailable
- Investigations
- 0
- Open investigations
- 0
- Manufacturer communications
- 465
Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.
Where the complaints are
| System | Complaints | Share of this vehicle's complaints |
|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | 7 | 63.6% |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 3 | 27.3% |
| STEERING | 3 | 27.3% |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 9.1% |
| POWER TRAIN | 1 | 9.1% |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 | 9.1% |
| SUSPENSION | 1 | 9.1% |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 9.1% |
| System | Subsystem | Complaints |
|---|
One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.
Model-generated complaint tags
These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| mechanical failure | 5 | 45.5% | 0.79 |
| loss of control | 3 | 27.3% | 0.86 |
| electrical electronic | 1 | 9.1% | 0.78 |
| fire or overheating | 1 | 9.1% | 1.00 |
| fluid or fuel leak | 1 | 9.1% | 0.73 |
| Label | Count | Share of tagged | Mean confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| moderate | 5 | 45.5% | 0.79 |
| low | 4 | 36.4% | 0.73 |
| critical | 1 | 9.1% | 0.43 |
| high | 1 | 9.1% | 0.54 |
Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 11 tagged complaints of 11 complaints (100.0%).
Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.
Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.
Recalls
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0 recalls.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
465 manufacturer communications.
| System | Count |
|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | 121 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 94 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 66 |
| STRUCTURE | 30 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 29 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 29 |
| STEERING | 27 |
| ENGINE | 18 |
11038130
Date: 2026-09-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
This bulletin states that technicians are required to report to the manufacturer when a vehicle has flooded, and specify the height to which the vehicle has been flooded.
11038024
Date: 2026-09-22. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: VISIBILITY/WIPER.
This bulletin provides service information regarding exterior glass cleaning.
11038042
Date: 2026-09-22. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STEERING.
This bulletin provides information about vibrations and rotational steering vibrations.
11038025
Date: 2026-09-15. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
This bulletin provides information when the license plate mounting bracket threded inserts are stripped.
11038026
Date: 2026-09-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
This bulletin provides infomraiton abou the Audi frequency analysis application, which is available in the App Store for Android and Apple phones.
11038033
Date: 2026-09-08. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: STRUCTURE.
This TSB describes a corrosion issue due to outside influence and the prohibition of warranty in these cases.
11036917
Date: 2026-08-26. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.
This bulletin provides information when the horn sound quality is poor.
11036909
Date: 2026-08-21. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
This bulletin provides information on the zirconium insercts in the brake piston (ceramic brakes only).
11036911
Date: 2026-08-21. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.
This bulletin provides information for all models regarding brake sounds.
Notes on this record
- Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
- System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
- Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
- A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
Other names NHTSA uses
None listed.
Matched NHTSA models
| NHTSA model label | Complaints |
|---|---|
| A4 | 11 |
Same model, other years
- 2000 A4: 96 complaints
- 2001 A4: 131 complaints
- 2002 A4: 181 complaints
- 2003 A4: 210 complaints
- 2004 A4: 189 complaints
- 2005 A4: 219 complaints
- 2006 A4: 295 complaints
- 2007 A4: 196 complaints
- 2008 A4: 175 complaints
- 2009 A4: 120 complaints
- 2010 A4: 64 complaints
- 2011 A4: 11 complaints
- 2012 A4: 19 complaints
- 2013 A4: 24 complaints
- 2014 A4: 32 complaints
- 2015 A4: 19 complaints
- 2016 A4 (current year): 11 complaints
- 2017 A4: 55 complaints
- 2018 A4: 44 complaints
- 2019 A4: 10 complaints
- 2020 A4: 127 complaints
- 2021 A4: 11 complaints
- 2022 A4: 6 complaints
- 2023 A4: 10 complaints
- 2024 A4: 2 complaints
- 2025 A4: 1 complaints
- 2026 A4: 0 complaints
Other Audi models, 2016
- A3: 81 complaints
- Q5: 77 complaints
- A6: 51 complaints
- A3 Cabriolet: 36 complaints
- Q3: 28 complaints
- S6: 19 complaints
- A4 Allroad: 15 complaints
- A7: 15 complaints
Sources
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