2.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
61,000 miles

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problem #2

Jun 092020

A8 8-cyl

  • 121,000 miles
Air bag light comes on and stays on even after the initial startup. Vehicle is stationary and has not been moved. Coded error is driver head curtain igniter short circuit to ground.

- Manakin Sabot, VA, USA

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problem #1

Jun 292012

A8

  • 1,000 miles
Front seat passenger airbag repeatedly deactivates regardless of 115 pound adult sitting properly in the seat. Same issue happened with the A8 loaner vehicle provided while this car was being serviced. Audi tries to explain it "as designed" suggesting that the airbag would harm the passenger.

- Greenwich, CT, USA

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