Audi 100

Owners filed 83 complaints across 9 model years of the Audi 100. The 1992 drew the most (22).

Model years9
Complaints83
Recalls20
Fires7
Deaths0

Which Audi 100 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi 100 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Audi 100 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20016
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
19983
0——Structure › Body › BumpersRoutine
19960
1———Routine
19950
2———Routine
199420
33—Electrical System › Ignition › SwitchRoutine
199318
342Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and FittingsRoutine
199222
3—1Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
199110
4—2Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
19904
4——Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.