Audi Quattro
Owners filed 97 complaints across 14 model years of the Audi Quattro. The 1999 drew the most (21).
Which Audi Quattro years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi Quattro 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 Quattro model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | 1 | — | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 | Parking Brake › Conventional | Routine | |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 | — | 3 | Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System | Routine | |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | 1 | — | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | Routine | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery | Routine | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | Routine | |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc | Routine | |
| 1990 | 5 | 2 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.