The 2007 Audi A4 Cabriolet has 3 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 552,496 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 23 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS18V4270002018-06-22237,947 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 RS4 Sedan, 2004 RS4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, and 2007-2011 S6 Sedan vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with…
Consequence
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Audi has notified owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag with an alternate remedy part, free of charge. The recall began June 29, 2018. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R7. Note: This recall supersedes recalls 16V382,…
AIR BAGS18V0820002018-01-30162,782 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2006-2013 Audi A3, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2008 RS4 Cabriolet, 2009-2012 Q5, and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 23, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R6. Note: This recall partially…
AIR BAGS16V0790002016-02-10151,767 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2006 Volkswagen Passat sedans and wagons, 2005-2013 Audi A3, and 2006-2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. The recall began March 2017. Volkswagen owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Audi owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834.
Complaints by component
AIR BAGS
23
Total complaints23
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Takata recall audi dealers in my area never have the required parts to complete the recall for nearly 2 years”
“I've called multiple times to schedule an air bag recall fix but I keep getting blown off.”
“Recall has been extended time. Excessive notifications requiring consumer to check on part availability. Poor exchanges between audi (recall servicer) and service provider. Mailings of cards, letters, emails meaningless if part allocation has not been made. Frustrated by the management of a…”
“Audi usa continues to send me postcards. We call the dealer, and they say the parts aren't in stock, and that we should call back as opposed to them taking our name and putting us on a list for them to call back.”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 audi a4 cabriolet. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags). The vehicle was repaired. The contact later received a notice for nhtsa campaign number: 18v082000 (air bags) and stated that the manufacturer…”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 audi a4 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 18v427000 (air bags) and 18v082000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of…”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 audi a4 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 18v082000 (air bags). The contact called audi north scottsdale at [REDACTED] (located at 7150 e princess dr, phoenix, az 85054) and was informed that the parts were not…”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 audi a4 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 18v427000 (air bags) and 18v082000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2007 Audi A4 Cabriolet as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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