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1989 Audi 200 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 20, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Feb 27, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Audi 200. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Powertrain (other)
Filed Oct 20, 2003
Crash reported

VEHICLE'S DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT RESULTING IN ACCIDENT.*MR THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL WITH A USED ONE BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CALLED AUDI AND GAVE THEM THE VIN AND OTHER INFORMATION. HE WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR HIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS INCOMPETENT OR THEY LIED. *PH

NHTSA ID
10044506
BrakesPowertrain (other)
Filed Apr 7, 2000

BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM ON EFFECTS STEERING AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM/ UNKNOWN SPEED BROKEN SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER. *AK

NHTSA ID
721134
ElectricalEngine
Filed May 6, 1999
Fire reported

UNDERHOOD FIRE OCCURED ON VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING EB ON LIE. ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTOR SIEZED, RESULTING IN A UNINTERUPTED GROUND FAULT WHICH BURNED ALL THE WIRES IN THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS. THERE WAS NO CIRCUIT BREAKER OR FUSE PROVIDED IN THE WIRING TO PREVENT A GROUD FAULT FROM OCCURING. AUDI UPGRADED SUBSUQUENT MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE WITH A FUSEABLE LINK ON THE GROUND SIDE OF THE COOLING FAN MOTOR, BUT FAILED TO PROVIDE THE UPGRADE TO OWNERS OF 1984 THRU 1989 VEHICLES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE VEHICLE WAS PREVENTED ONLY BY MY ABILITY TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLES IN A RAPID MANNER.

NHTSA ID
706301
Incident
May 4, 1999
Airbags
Filed May 1, 1997

OWNER STATES WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT HIS DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON.O WNER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
811895
Exterior lighting
Filed Feb 27, 1996

POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE HEAD LIGHTS, CAN NOT SEE THE ROAD AT NIGHT DUE TO THE HEADLIGHTS FOGGING. *AK

NHTSA ID
979789
Incident
Jan 15, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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