2017 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET — Complaint #1824081
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE filed July 7, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1824081 (ODI reference 11472767) concerns a 2017 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET and was filed on July 7, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 17, 2022. The vehicle had 42,800 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:storage, 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 fuel system, gasoline:storage 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 2017 AUDI A3 CABRIOLET shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Audi A3. The contact stated while refueling the vehicle, fuel was spilling from the fuel filler neck. The contact drove back to her residence and placed the vehicle in park(P) and noticed the odor of gasoline entering the cabin. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact exited and checked the gas cap and noticed that fuel was pouring from under the passengerâs side rear tire. The contact had the vehicle towed to a certified mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 42,800. The consumer stated that they reached out to Audi USA/Volkswagen for a reimbursement for the replacement of the fuel tank, the request was denied.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1824081 |
| ODI Number | 11472767 |
| Date Filed | July 7, 2022 |
| Failure Date | June 17, 2022 |
| VIN | WAUAUGFF5H1 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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