2015 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET — Complaint #1789462
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:INTERLOCK/LOCKOUT filed January 21, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1789462 (ODI reference 11448322) concerns a 2015 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET and was filed on January 21, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 7, 2021. The vehicle had 49,154 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:interlock/lockout, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same AUDI A3 CABRIOLET cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:interlock/lockout failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Audi A3. The contact stated that she was able to remove the key from the ignition switch even though the gear selector was not in the PARK position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the dealer installed a microswitch. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall for the failure because it was not a safety hazard. The failure mileage was 49,154.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1789462 |
| ODI Number | 11448322 |
| Date Filed | January 21, 2022 |
| Failure Date | December 7, 2021 |
| VIN | WAU6CLFF3F1 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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