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Volkswagen A4 recalls

40 official recall campaigns for the Volkswagen A4, published by vehicle safety authorities in Argentina, South Korea, Mexico and United States, covering model years 1997–2022. The most recent was issued in 2025 (2 that year). A recall applies to specific build dates and VINs, so check yours before assuming it's affected — or not.

• 40 campaigns
• 22 rated high risk
• Latest: 2025
• 🇦🇷 Argentina
• 🇰🇷 South Korea
• 🇲🇽 Mexico
• 🇺🇸 United States

Common Volkswagen A4 recall issues

The parts and failures that come up most often in these campaigns.

• Engine 8

Volkswagen A4 recalls by year

• 2025 · 2
• 2022 · 5
• 2021 · 7
• 2020 · 2
• 2019 · 3
• 2018 · 10
• 2017 · 6
• 2016 · 2
• 2014 · 3

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2025 (2)

• Volkswagen A5 Sportback 35 TDI quattro, A4 35 TDI quattro — safety recall (South Korea) 2025-11-17 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2014–2016 car.go.kr 5924
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 30 TDI, A4 35 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2025-06-24 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2018 car.go.kr 5737
  Medium

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2022 (5)

• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI 등 61차종 — safety recall (South Korea) 2022-12-19 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2020–2021 car.go.kr 4595
  Low
• Volkswagen A6, A4, Q5 — safety recall (Argentina) 2022-04-04 🇦🇷 Argentina Defensa del Consumidor, alerta 2022-04-04
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI, A4 35 TDI Premium — safety recall (South Korea) 2022-02-25 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2020–2022 car.go.kr 4246
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI 등 44차종 — safety recall (South Korea) 2022-02-25 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2019–2021 car.go.kr 4241
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4, A6, A8 — safety recall (Argentina) 2022-01-17 🇦🇷 Argentina Defensa del Consumidor, alerta 2022-01-17
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2021 (7)

• Volkswagen A4 40 TDI qu., A5 Sportback 40 TDI qu. — safety recall (South Korea) 2021-12-17 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2019–2021 car.go.kr 4169
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI, A6 40 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2021-12-06 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2019–2020 car.go.kr 4151
  Medium
• Volkswagen Audi A4, A6 — safety recall (Mexico) 2021-10-27 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2000–2001 PROFECO 690
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4, A6, A7 — safety recall (Argentina) 2021-08-23 🇦🇷 Argentina Defensa del Consumidor, alerta 2021-08-23
  High risk
• Seat Belts: Rear/Other: Retractor 2021-08-05 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2021 21V606000
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 1.8, A6 2.4 — safety recall (South Korea) 2021-08-03 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 1997–2000 car.go.kr 3967
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI 등 45차종 — safety recall (South Korea) 2021-06-25 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2019–2021 car.go.kr 3902
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2020 (2)

• Volkswagen A4 35 TDI Premium, A4 40 TDI qu. Premium — safety recall (South Korea) 2020-10-12 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2020 car.go.kr 3626
  High risk
• Volkswagen A6 40 TDI Premium, A6 40 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2020-06-26 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2019–2020 car.go.kr 3510
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2019 (3)

• Volkswagen A4 2015-2016, A5 2015-2016 — safety recall (Mexico) 2019-05-06 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2015–2018 PROFECO 474
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4, A5 Y A6 — safety recall (Mexico) 2019-02-13 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2012–2014 PROFECO 453
  Medium
• Volkswagen Audi A4 2005 al 2008, A6 2005 al 2011 — safety recall (Mexico) 2019-02-06 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2005–2011 PROFECO 448
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2018 (10)

• Volkswagen A4 40(2.0) TFSI qu., A5 40(2.0) Cabriolet qu. — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-12-14 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2011–2016 car.go.kr 2928
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 40(2.0) TFSI Quattro, A5 40(2.0) TFSI Quattro — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-10-11 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2011–2015 car.go.kr 2860
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 1.8T, A4 2.0 TFSI — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-10-05 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2005–2011 car.go.kr 2856
  High risk
• Volkswagen Audi A4, A5 — safety recall (Mexico) 2018-09-19 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2011–2016 PROFECO 414
  Medium
• Volkswagen A3 2.0 TFSI, A4 Cabriolet 2.0 TFSI — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-08-09 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2005–2012 car.go.kr 2822
  High risk
• Volkswagen Audi modelos A4, A5 Y A6 — safety recall (Mexico) 2018-08-06 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2012–2014 PROFECO 396
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4 40(2.0) TFSI quattro, A5 40(2.0) TFSI quattro — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-07-20 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2012–2015 car.go.kr 2784
  Medium
• Volkswagen Algunos vehículos Audi A4, A5 — safety recall (Mexico) 2018-07-12 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2016–2017 PROFECO 386
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4 2.0 TDI, A5 Sportback 2.0 TDI qu.. A6 2.0 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-04-11 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2008–2015 car.go.kr 2712
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 2.0 TDI, A4 30 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2018-03-13 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2011–2015 car.go.kr 2679
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2017 (6)

• Volkswagen A4 2.0 TDI, A4 30 TDI — safety recall (South Korea) 2017-12-26 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2011–2015 car.go.kr 2579
  Medium
• Volkswagen A4 2.0 TDI, A5 Sportback 2.0 TDI Quattro — safety recall (South Korea) 2017-09-25 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2008–2015 car.go.kr 2502
  Medium
• Volkswagen A3 2.0 TFSI, A3 sportspack — safety recall (South Korea) 2017-05-18 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2005–2010 car.go.kr 2385
  High risk
• Volkswagen 223 vehículos modelos A4 — safety recall (Mexico) 2017-05-12 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2017 PROFECO 307
  High risk
• Volkswagen 2, 343 vehículos modelos A4 — safety recall (Mexico) 2017-05-12 🇲🇽 Mexico Model years 2012–2014 PROFECO 305
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4 2.0 TFSI quattro, A5 2.0 TFSI quattro — safety recall (South Korea) 2017-04-28 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2011–2016 car.go.kr 2368
  Medium

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2016 (2)

• Volkswagen A4, A5 — safety recall (South Korea) 2016-12-13 🇰🇷 South Korea Model years 2008–2009 car.go.kr 2197
  High risk
• Audi A3, A4 CABRIOLET, PASSAT — Air Bags: Frontal: Driver Side: Inflator Module (US) 2016-02-10 🇺🇸 United States Model years 2005–2013 16V079000
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls in 2014 (3)

• Volkswagen Audi a4, S4 — safety recall (Mexico) 2014-12-10 🇲🇽 Mexico PROFECO 149
  High risk
• Volkswagen A4, A5 — safety recall (South Korea) 2014-04-09 🇰🇷 South Korea car.go.kr 1411
  Medium
• Volkswagen Jetta A4 clásico Jetta A4 — safety recall (Mexico) 2014-04-05 🇲🇽 Mexico PROFECO 125
  High risk

Volkswagen A4 recalls by country

How to check if your Volkswagen A4 has a recall

A recall covers specific build dates and vehicle identification numbers (VINs), not every Volkswagen A4 on the road. To see whether yours is affected:

1. Look up your VIN or registration on the official recall checker for the country where the car is registered: MOLIT (South Korea), PROFECO (Mexico), NHTSA (United States).
2. Ask an authorised Volkswagen dealer: recall repairs are free, including on used cars and cars serviced elsewhere.
3. Add the car to your watched vehicles on Recaller Book and get an email when a new campaign is published for it.

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