1996 Audi S6

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › delivery › hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch96V017000
Filed Jan 29, 199624,000 vehiclesVolkswagen Of America,inc

Defect. DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCHES WERE IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED AND CAN CAUSE SOME ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES TO MALFUNCTION.

Risk. SOME ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES, SUCH AS, TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, LAMPS, POWER WIND0WS AND AIR CONDITIONERS CAN MALFUNCTION WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Dec 5, 2000WI

FUEL LINES HAVE BEEN LEAKING AND SPILLING GAS INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2013
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20252100Routine
20240100Routine
20230100Routine
20224400Routine
202101000Routine
20202600Routine
20184100Routine
20175200Routine
201619210Routine
20155200Routine
201420300Routine
201342300Routine
20110200Routine
20101200Routine
20090300Routine
20082200Routine
20071200Routine
20040100Routine
20032200Routine
20027200Routine
20011100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19981100Routine
19971000Routine
1996 — this page1100Routine
199520210Routine
19940200Routine
19930100Routine
19920100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jan 29, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.