Audi A8
Owners filed 254 complaints across 32 model years of the Audi A8. The 2013 drew the most (50).
Which Audi A8 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi A8 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 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 A8 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 11 | 4 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015 | 32 | 5 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2014 | 18 | 5 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2013 | 50 | 6 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2012 | 11 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 15 | 1 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Visibility | Routine | |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2008 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2004 | 20 | 1 | 2 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | — | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | Tires › Bead | Routine | |
| 1999 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1998 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 1997 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Routine | |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.