Vehicle report
2016 AUDI A3
This model year
What the record shows
The 2016 Audi A3 is a subcompact car, and the 20th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1997 to 2027.
The EPA rated one configuration: a single 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (AM-S6) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 27 mpg.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 81 owner complaints, 3 safety recalls and 470 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.