Audi RS 3

Owners filed 22 complaints across 8 model years of the Audi RS 3. The 2018 drew the most (13).

Model years8
Complaints22
Recalls12
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Audi RS 3 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi RS 3 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 RS 3 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
0——WheelsRoutine
2025Too new1
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
20230
1———Routine
20220
2———Routine
20201
1——EngineRoutine
20195
2——EngineRoutine
201813
4——Air BagsRoutine
20171
2——Visibility/WiperRoutine

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