Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. An electrolytic capacitor contained in the amplifier for each rear speaker could leak an electrolyte, which may in time and in the presence of humidity, cause an unwanted conductive path.
Equipment & accessories
Audi 200 Equipment problems by year
8 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Audi 200's equipment & accessories. Trailer hitches, mobility equipment, accessories and aftermarket parts.
Equipment complaints by model year
Equipment recalls
The vehicle capacity weight was inadvertently omitted from placard located inside the gas filler door, as required by fmvss 11o.
Instruction label in the trunk of vehicle is incorrect for the jack supplied with the vehicle.
Latest 200 equipment complaints
Rear speaker crackled and hissed. Progressively getting worse. Found out about recall and had them "fixed" by a dealer in danvers. Crackle and hissing stopped. Confirmed fire hazzard by other car owners with bose stereo speakers.*Ak
Vehicle caught fire in a rear speaker, consumer is requesting reimbursement, stating that audi and the manufacturer of radio (bose) had knowledge of the problem, but failed to make anyone aware.*Jb
A fire broke out in the rear compartment and was extinguised. The fire was started by and limited to the bose speaker.*Ak
Consumer concerned with the possibility of fire due to speaker noise (electrical problem). Nlm
Rear speaker ignited while driving. The car filled entirely with black, acrid smoke by the time I pulled over. Was holding my breath while bringing car to a stop. Car went up in flames and is a total loss. Jacksonville fire department extinguished blaze, filed ccr#29200. Had car towed to key audi dealership in jacksonville, fl from scene of incident. Wrote audi of america 3 times, and numerous phone calls. They refused to send a representative to the dealership to investigate. *Ak
The capacitor for the rear speaker amplifier will short out which could cause rear speaker to catch on fire. Defect is same as recall98v284000,. But this make and model was not included . *Ak
Concerned about other audi owner reports of bose speaker failuers resulting in car fires, similar to recall 98v284000. *Ak
Right rear speaker internal amplifier has a high occurance of failure where speaker assembly catches fire unexpectedly, filling passenger compartment with toxic smoke and possibly resulting in loss of control of the vehicle due to smoke; fire has spread inside trunk and passenger compartment in some cases. Audi of america has "researched internally" the problem and found nothing; I know of several vehicles with these problems and I am collecting more information from owners.
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