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Audi 200 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 18 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Audi 200 (1985–1993). The most-complained-about year is 1991.

5
safety recalls, all years
18
owner complaints, all years
1990
year with most recalls
1991
year with most complaints

Pick your Audi 200 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1993 Audi 20010
1992 Audi 20020
1991 Audi 200410
1990 Audi 20043
1989 Audi 20035
1988 Audi 20010
1987 Audi 20010
1986 Audi 20010
1985 Audi 20010

What Audi 200 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 18 complaints with NHTSA. The 1991 model year has the most, with 10.

All Audi 200 recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Audi 200, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Radio/tape deck/cd etc. (equipment)

    NHTSA 01V324000 Reported 4,300 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. An electrolytic capacitor contained in the amplifier for each rear speaker could leak an electrolyte, which may in time and in the presence of humidity, cause an unwanted conductive path.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the amplifiers for the rear speaker assemblies. Owner notification began july 10, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the…

    Model years: 1991, 1992

  2. Air bags: sensor/control module-inactive

    NHTSA 97V172000 Reported 54,800 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some air bag sensors do not comply with audi's durability standards over the lifetime of the vehicle.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the air bag sensor control module.

    Model years: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

  3. Axle assembly (power train)

    NHTSA 93V006000 Reported 152,000 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    The differential oil of the transaxle is lost over time due to evaporation. Low oil levels cause premature bearing and gear wear and eventual failure of the differential.

    Remedy: Drain and replace the differential gear oil with oil having higher performance characteristics.

    Model years: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

  4. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 91V156000 Reported 5,900 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    The vehicle capacity weight was inadvertently omitted from placard located inside the gas filler door, as required by FMVSS 11o.

    Remedy: New labels containing the vehicle capacity weight will be affixed to the vehicles.

    Model years: 1990

  5. Integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer (equipment) and accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift (equipment)

    NHTSA 91V050000 Reported 20,800 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Instruction label in the trunk of vehicle is incorrect for the jack supplied with the vehicle.

    Remedy: Supply insert to owner's manual noting correct usage, as well as a corrected instruction label for the trunk.

    Model years: 1989, 1990, 1991

Other Audi models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.