Vehicle profile
2002 Audi A8 A8 quattro
Sedan · Midsize Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 296 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 4.2L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 5-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Midsize Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2002 Midsize Cars
- 0.27× the 3.76 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- POWER TRAIN — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2002 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
08V397000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONVOLKSWAGEN IS RECALLING 13,900 MY 1996-2003 AUDI A8 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE LOCKING CABLE MAY MOVE OUT OF POSITION OVER TIME. WITH THE LOCKING CABLE OUT OF POSITION, THE SHIFTER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF THE "PARK" POSITION EVEN IF THE IGNITION KEY IS NOT IN THE IGNITION LOCK.
Consequence: THIS COULD ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ROLL, CAUSING A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKING CABLE BY INSTALLING AN ADJUSTING PIECE THAT WILL SECURE THE LOCKING CABLE IN PLACE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AUDI AT 1-800-822-2834.
14/08/2008
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"year": 2002,
"make": "Audi",
"model": "A8",
"trim": "A8 quattro",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 296,
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"drive_type": "AWD",
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"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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