Audi 80

Owners filed 12 complaints across 4 model years of the Audi 80. The 1990 drew the most (9).

Model years4
Complaints12
Recalls7
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Audi 80 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi 80 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 80 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19930
1———Routine
19921
1——Seat Belts › Front › RetractorRoutine
19912
2——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
19909
3—1Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle ShaftRoutine

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