Audi A3 Cabriolet

Owners filed 164 complaints across 5 model years of the Audi A3 Cabriolet. The 2015 drew the most (87).

Model years5
Complaints164
Recalls17
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Audi A3 Cabriolet years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi A3 Cabriolet 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 A3 Cabriolet model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20194
1——Air BagsRoutine
201812
5——Air BagsRoutine
201725
3——Air BagsRoutine
201636
32—Air BagsRoutine
201587
5—1Air BagsRoutine

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