Audi R8

Owners filed 14 complaints across 8 model years of the Audi R8. The 2009 drew the most (6).

Model years8
Complaints14
Recalls3
Fires0
Deaths1

Which Audi R8 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi R8 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 R8 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20220
1———Routine
20210
1———Routine
20201
0——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20181
0—1Air BagsFatalities reported
20160
1———Routine
20151
0——Engine and Engine CoolingRoutine
20096
0——SuspensionRoutine
20085
0——SuspensionRoutine

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