Audi A7

Owners filed 138 complaints across 16 model years of the Audi A7. The 2019 drew the most (43).

Model years16
Complaints138
Recalls58
Fires3
Deaths0

Which Audi A7 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi A7 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.

Too new to judge: 2025. 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 A7 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20240
1———Routine
20230
1———Routine
20220
6———Routine
20216
11——EngineRoutine
20202
8——Electrical SystemRoutine
201943
6——Electrical SystemRoutine
20183
2——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20171
4——Service BrakesRoutine
201615
3—1Air BagsRoutine
20155
3——Service BrakesRoutine
201411
2——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201319
512Electrical SystemRoutine
201230
522Air BagsRoutine
20091
0——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20072
0——EngineRoutine

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