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Audi Cabriolet Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 22 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Audi Cabriolet (1993–2003). The most-complained-about year is 1996.

3
safety recalls, all years
22
owner complaints, all years
1995
year with most recalls
1996
year with most complaints

Pick your Audi Cabriolet model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2003 Audi Cabriolet05
2000 Audi Cabriolet01
1998 Audi Cabriolet01
1997 Audi Cabriolet12
1996 Audi Cabriolet28
1995 Audi Cabriolet33
1994 Audi Cabriolet22
1993 Audi Cabriolet10

What Audi Cabriolet owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 22 complaints with NHTSA. The 1996 model year has the most, with 8.

All Audi Cabriolet recalls (3)

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

  1. Fuel injection system (fuel system)

    NHTSA 98V332000 Reported 37,200 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with v6 engines. An internal seal of the fuel injector can malfunction, allowing fuel leakage in the engine compartment.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace all fuel injectors.

    Model years: 1993, 1994, 1995

  2. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 97V175000 Reported 39,300 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The discharge of static electricity under low humidity conditions can activate the driver side air bag when the driver enters or exits the vehicle and forms an electrical circuit by touching certain areas of the steering wheel.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a ground wire on the driver side air bag.

    Model years: 1995, 1996, 1997

  3. Switch (electrical system)

    NHTSA 96V017000 Reported 24,000 vehicles potentially affected VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

    Defective ignition switches were improperly manufactured and can cause some electrical accessories to malfunction.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the ignition switch.

    Model years: 1994, 1995, 1996

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.