Audi A5
Owners filed 325 complaints across 19 model years of the Audi A5. The 2020 drew the most (60).
Which Audi A5 years should you avoid?
No Audi A5 year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 35), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
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 A5 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 1 | 0 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 8 | 2 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2020 | 60 | 4 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2019 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2018 | 38 | 6 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 28 | 3 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 25 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 34 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.