Audi A3 problems, by model year and system
289 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Audi A3 2016–2027, and the 1 system the record is deep on — airbag (124). Each system has a page across the years; 1 model-year page goes deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsAudi A3 complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | airbag |
|---|---|
| 2027 0 in all | — |
| 2026 1 in all | — |
| 2025 5 in all | — |
| 2024 2 in all | — |
| 2023 7 in all | — |
| 2022 9 in all | 3 |
| 2020 16 in all | 9 |
| 2019 14 in all | 7 |
| 2018 45 in all | 24 |
| 2017 71 in all | 30 |
| 2016 119 in all | 51 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Audi A3 system draws the most complaints?
Airbag: 124 complaints across 11 model years, 43% of everything owners filed about the Audi A3. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Audi A3 year has the most complaints?
2016 (119), 2017 (71), 2018 (45). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.