Audi — what breaks, engine by engine
38 models · 3,644 complaints
What Audi complaints are about
Share of component mentions across every Audi in the database, with the all-vehicle average below it. Shares can be compared — raw complaint counts between brands cannot, because counts track sales volume.
Audi
All vehicles
Transmission & drivetrainEngineBrakesElectricalSteeringBody & structureFuel systemEverything else
Electrical complaints run 1.5× their all-vehicle share across Audi models.
How often Audi complaints involve a fire, crash or injury
Share of this brand's complaints; the vertical mark is the all-vehicle average. Complaints are owner-reported and skew toward alarming problems — and toward vehicles under active recall attention, which can inflate a brand mid-campaign.
Fire0.7%
Crash3.2%
Injury2.3%
all vehicles — Fire 1.1% · Crash 4.4% · Injury 2.6%
Recalls where NHTSA said stop driving or park outside
The severest recall class, across all Audi models we cover. Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer, whatever the car's age.